It was about early 1996 and her baby was mixed. Less than a year later, she got pregnant again. She was at least sixteen in a half by then and didn't know how she'd take care of two babies at the same time, she couldn't. She wanted her next baby to have the best life she could, she she gave her up for adoption. She had the baby on January 14, 1997. She picked the family she felt was right for her, gave her up with just a picture of herself and her first baby and that baby would no longer be hers. She would have named her Cassandra.
There was a couple living in Utah, Jody and Christie who had a young, adopted boy. She couldn't have her own kids'. In the male gene on her dad's side of the family, every third child that was a girl couldn't reproduce. They wanted another child, a girl. So they filed for adoption but waited months and months for any contact from one. Once the call came, they knew it was right.
"We have a baby girl for you!" The adoption agency told them when they finally called. They headed to Mesa, Arizona, where she was born, to pick her up and welcome her into their family. They were thrilled, not to mention grateful. They wanted to meet the birth mother of their child. They set up a lunch date with her, to meet and thank her for being so brave and generous to give up a child. Last minute, she backed out, scared they assumed.
They knew she would have called the baby Cassandra. They had to think of a name! Jody liked Holly, only because their last name was Wood, so she'd be called "Holly Wood," but Christie wasn't too impressed. They ended up with Cassidy. Cassidy wood. She always smiled, loved to sing, and had a love for soccer and family. All the thing's she's still fond of to this day. She knows those are the things that make her who she is, especially family, even if she was adopted into hers.
That's how Cassidy Wood came to be.
