Full Circle
The Real Story behind My Fairy Tale
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I had only known my son Dale for four months. When Dale and Rachel started planning their wedding, he never dreamed he would have a whole new family to deal with, or how confusing his life was about to become. (Figuring out family photos for the wedding was very bizarre.)
At the end of the night, Dale walked over to my table. He looked so wonderful—tall, handsome, and strong—so much like my father. “May I have the last dance?” he asked and bowed graciously over my hand. Tears started streaming down my face—again. This handsome young man, my son, was back in my life. I cried through the entire dance.
Thirty-eight years before, I had handed my newborn baby over to strangers. They gave him to a family to love and raise as their own. Back then, in 1966, it never entered my mind that I would get to be a part of my son’s wedding. Yet here we were.
On a magical night, I danced with my son, Dale, at his wedding. It was a miracle.
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While growing up in a world where parents were like Ozzie and Harriet, Dee Dee Hixson was the good girl—the one who avoided trouble. Yet somehow along the way, she became convinced that she was not good enough. As the idealistic and innocent Dee Dee continued on the path of every young girl at the time, she had no idea that everything would change the moment she surrendered to love and lust.
Being pregnant at seventeen was never in her plan. As Dee Dee narrates the story of her poignant and enlightening journey through life’s greatest challenges, she shares the emotions that surround giving up her infant son for adoption, the miracle of life and death, and, finally, the life-altering reconciliation with her son thirty-eight years after he was conceived. Through it all, Dee Dee realizes that although her life is nothing like her idealistic dreams as a teenager, it has still shown her the power of love and its ability to overshadow even the most unimaginable sorrows.
Full Circle shares one woman’s incredible story of love and loss and how she ultimately found the courage to stand strong, cherish every moment, and experience the wonder of each day.
About the Author
Dee Dee Hixson is a third-generation Arizonan who lives in Phoenix near her two children and seven grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her family, her two dogs, and friends.