170: Justin found his mother on Facebook

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 15 March 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Have you ever had one of those moments in your life where your life just changed dramatically? Like, your life is suddenly divided into two chapters – before that moment, and after that moment. Well, that’s the kind of moment Justin had. Justin was adopted the day after he was born. So he never knew his birth mother. He was adopted immediately into a loving family who gave him a wonderful childhood and a great start in life. He always wondered about his birth mother, and he searched and searched for her. And at the same time, she was wondering about him, and hoping they would eventually connect again. Then, they finally found each other. This is the story of how that happened. And partway through our conversation, I surprised Justin with something. I love that part. This is a Flashback episode, and Justin told this story here on the podcast way back in episode #4. A LOT has happened with Justin since then, and you’ll hear him talk all about that right after our conversation. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/170 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/WHAT and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to rakuten.com or get the Rakuten app to start saving today! To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever had one of those moments where your life just changed dramatically?
0:07.0	Like your life was suddenly divided into two chapters before that moment and after that moment.
0:14.0	Well, that's the kind of moment Justin had.
0:19.0	Justin was adopted the day after he was born, so he never knew his birth mother.
0:26.0	He was adopted immediately into a loving family who gave him a wonderful childhood and a great start in life. He always wondered about his birth mother and he
0:37.0	searched and searched for her and at the same time she was wondering about him and hoping they would eventually connect again.
0:47.0	Then they finally found each other.
0:51.0	This is the story of how that happened.
0:55.0	And part way through our conversation, I surprised Justin was something.
1:00.0	I love that part.
1:02.0	This is a flashback episode and Justin told this story here on the podcast way back in episode number four.
1:09.0	A lot has happened with Justin since then and you'll hear him talk all about that right after our conversation.
1:17.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:25.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire.
1:30.0	And I called 911 and I said I found a baby.
1:34.0	I turned around. I see a gun pointed at me close enough. I could touch it.
1:39.0	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:41.0	He levels the gun, pulls the the trigger and I go down her eyes were full of
1:46.3	tears she didn't want to leave us my hair catches on fire I swear I swear to
1:51.3	God this is this image is burning my head for the rest of my life.
1:56.2	I'm Scott Johnson and this is what was that like.
2:11.0	Before we get into today's story, you're about to hear from a couple of our sponsors. Sponsors play a big role in my being able to bring you
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