I consider my eighteenth birthday a turning point in my life. Of course, an eighteenth birthday is something special for a person because it marks the beginning of your adult life. Well, my eighteenth birthday was the day I started to realize that I would become an adult without knowing my father. It was then that I realized what my wish would be as I blew out the eighteen scorching candles. Almost a week after my birthday I started searching using online resources that I thought might help me in my search. The only information I had was his first and last name, but I didn't know that typing Peter Valdivia into the search engine would bring up nearly 2,000 names. At first I felt like giving up completely, but I knew this might be my only chance, so I pushed myself further and started searching for every name. Ultimately I eliminated people based on location and age, narrowing the search to fifty men who were a match. Of the fifty profiles provided for each man there was very little information. Some profiles provided email addresses. Then I sent emails to those showing their addresses. In the email I described my reasons for contacting them and if they felt it applied to them they could respond. It had been almost a month and I had gotten it