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Interview with Author of, "Eddy Finds a Family"Debby Wells with Sarah McGeoughPlease listen in on Sarah McGeough and me as we talk about her very personal journey to have a baby. After losing her ability to have a child, waiting to adopt, the arrival of their adopted baby son. Sarah openly discusses the feelings and issues she and her husband dealt with while waiting for the adoption to be final and the changes in their lives after he arrives home.. She will tell us about the books she has written for children to help them work through the maze of confusion, fear and emotions they experience as they grow up knowing they are adopted.Sarah McGeough - BIO 2021We tried for a child for 8 years. It was an immensely challenging and emotionaltime. We went through two rounds of IVF, an ectopic pregnancy, diagnosis ofAdenomyosis and sadly then a hysterectomy. We were determined to have achild so started to research adoption and decided this was something wewanted to pursue. We waited three years to adopt our son. It was a long anddraining process and at times we felt like giving up. Thankfully an amazingsocial worker came to our rescue and within a few months we were told wecould potentially be matched to a baby who had not yet been born. This wasmost certainly a wow moment; and once this happened, we would continue tokeep getting these wow moments again and again. The next wow was whenwe were on holiday in Majorca. We got an email telling us our potential sonhad been born, he was doing well, told us his name and how much heweighed. This was such a surreal moment as you don’t believe it is happening.It was a difficult journey but we completed our family in 2016 and adopted ourson. At the time we didn’t feel there were many books available to help himunderstand his adoption journey and so during lock-down I decided to self-publish my first children’s book Eddy Finds a Family in December 2020.Writing a book has been a life changing experience for me. The first lockdownin 2020 was tough but suddenly having a goal to write a book was making mefeel excitement on a whole new level. I seemed to have buried my creativeside, but suddenly there it was, bursting to come out. I loved every momentand each step I took made me more and more determined to get my book outthere into the world. My book is a tribute to our son which also helped as amotivator. It means so much to be able to give him this gift as his mummy.My goal was to write a colourful and engaging story so all children would beable to understand adoption in a better way. Eddy Finds a Family is unique as itexplains both the parent and child’s journey through adoption. My son oftenasks, ‘How did you find me?’ and, ‘Was I lost?’ as he is interested to know howwe came together to be a family. This is so vitally important. My son has beenmy chief editor, asking questions about the characters and commenting on thedraft illustrations. It has been wonderful for him to have such involvement andhaving a child’s perspective has helped fine-tune the story so I have confidenceit will appeal to many children and they will get great joy from the characters.As the topic of adoption is extremely sensitive, I had to ensure the content wasprecise, accurate and up to date. I worked closely over several months withour social worker to proofread and edit every fine detail. I’m so grateful to SueArmstrong Brown, CEO of Adoption UK who read the final manuscript andwrote such a positive review which is featured on the back cover of my book.I have been delighted by the response with the limited editiSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/join/SpecialFamily/checkout?ru=undefined)