Hi. My name is Nicola (Niki) Sharp. I was born Anna Belinda in Dec 1975 in Tegucigalpa Honduras. I was left on the steps of an orphanage run by nuns.I stayed there until I was three months old when a loving childless christian couple made the trip to Honduras from England to find two babies to take home. They chose me and my brother Matthew (birth name -Giovanni). He was born in the Valley of the Angels in Honduras as well. It took several months to finalize the adoption and then we flew to our new home in Quebec Canada. Where we met our other adopted brother Christopher. We eventually moved to Columbia Maryland. Around the time I was 6 years old my parents asked us how we would feel about having more siblings and of course we were excited. We would have over 7 more foster kids come live with us over the next 10 years who we all keep in touch with from Vietnam and a special needs kid! We are still one big happy family. We always knew we were adopted- it was pretty obvious, we all looked so different. My parents are amazing, they have been married for 41 years, love God and gave us all the most amazing opportunities to achieve our goals. I now live in Wilmington NC, I am 32, i just bought my first house last year and I am a Radio DJ on 1067 The Penguin. I love my job and I am an active advocate for adoption and foster care. I tell my story often to special groups. However, my story has a slight twist! When I was 16 I had a baby boy I named Timothy Daniel who I chose to give up for adoption. It was the best and hardest decision I have ever had to make. I interviewed 50 couples several times before choosing. I finally got to walk in my mothers shoes!! I know I made the right choice for my son, he will be 18 soon and may come look for me. That will be his choice and I have thought a lot about what I will say to him. I have never tried to find my mother, I know that in third world countries the record keeping is not as good, especially in the 70's. But it does'nt really bother me too much. My siblings haven't looked either, but it may be because our lives were so great and we knew we were loved. And now finally the other twist to my story. After I had my son, in 15 years I have had 3 tubal pregnancies(etopic) and now the damage is irreversible, which means I cannot have children. So I will adopt one day. Which means I will have all three eye views of the adoption process, as an adoptee, a birth mother and one day an adoptive parent!!
Nicola Sharp
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