EP 5: Finding My Biological Sister 25 Years Later
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Idea to Launch Productions
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 2 October 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, I was joined by a woman I just met 7 years ago…my sister Akeelah. Throughout our discussion, we chatted about familial troubles, the story of how my estranged uncle told me that I was adopted, and the effects that my adoption has had on our entire family. As we dive deeper into each topic, I was able to shed light on my journey in finding my birth family and touch on how similar we are even though we grew up in different households.
Tune in and see how our crazy yet beautiful family tree has allowed us to form an amazing and loving bond that can’t be broken.
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| 0:00.0 | This week on This Two Shall Pass. |
| 0:08.0 | So all I had was the first and the last name of our mom and I searched it on Facebook. |
| 0:13.0 | The last name Salam brung up a lot of people. |
| 0:15.0 | Because I am a little crazy, I clicked except on all of them. |
| 0:18.0 | Pages and pages full because I didn't know exactly who I was looking for. |
| 0:22.0 | I was just hoping that someone would message me back. |
| 0:24.5 | Teresa wrote me back. |
| 0:25.5 | Teresa is your what? |
| 0:26.7 | She's our older cousin. |
| 0:28.3 | I messaged her and I sent that little kid's photo that I had out of a box I was never |
| 0:32.5 | supposed to open and just said, this is going to be really weird. |
| 0:35.1 | But my name is Ariel. I'm wondering if you know anybody by the name of Halima Salaam. |
| 0:41.1 | Hey, tribe. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome to the This Two Shall Pass podcast. |
| 0:45.1 | I'm your host, Ariel B. |
| 0:47.1 | But who is Ariel B? |
| 0:49.2 | I've had trouble separating who I am from what I do. |
| 0:53.5 | Am I just a kid that was adopted? |
| 0:56.2 | Am I an ex-wife surviving from domestic violence? |
| 0:59.5 | Or am I a single mother of five trying to just keep it all together? |
| 1:04.0 | This is an exclusive space for our stories and lessons to be heard and learned from without |
| 1:09.6 | judgment. |
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