Identity Crisis
(sz) At 7, Nora and Emma don’t understand all the science it took to create them. What they do understand is that there are two very important women in their lives:
One is Mom: Carrie Carpenter, the white-haired, gentle woman who gave birth to the beautiful, blue-eyed fraternal twins when she was 47.
The other is the woman they call their Egg Mom: Lorraine Wilde, the tall, brainy college teacher who was once a strapped grad student convinced her smart, healthy genes had hit a dead end.
The two women never met at the fertility clinic where Carrie received Lorraine’s eggs. There, in an industry that depends on donated egg and sperm, the watchword is “anonymous.”
Through small, meaningful gifts and notes passed through the clinic, they corresponded. Anonymously. Finally, through a card with a phone number, blacked out carefully by the clinic but faintly discernible when held to the light just so, Carrie and Lorraine met. more…
From: »The Seattle Times«