These days it seems
we all know people who are trying to adopt or trying to find the child
they put up for adoption or trying to find their natural parents. It’s
not always a happy thing, this search or quest. Once the dust is settled
and the unnatural has become natural, should it be tampered with?
In my own family we recently
learned of a "long-lost" family member. This is someone who was put up
for adoption and searched us out. Until this happens to you, it seems like
something out of a movie. But it does actually happen and when you go to
the airport to meet this lost-but-now-found-family-member, the reality
hits you very deep.
This event stirred feelings
in all of us and since "parentage" has been a popular theme in plays throughout
time, I though I’d attempt my own twisted interpretation. The story of
Aftershocks is inspired by my own personal experiences and recollections,
it is not based on fact.
We hide things, we keep things,
we move away . . . but never from ourselves . . . And that’s OK.
— Doug Haverty
