Reunited, and it feels so good

A sixteen-year search for an absent dad ended in a happy union in Barbados recently.
Naomi Marcella Towers said she felt complete when she heard her father Leroy Straughn’s voice for the first time about eight weeks ago, and it was sealed when she finally set eyes on him last week.
Getting information from her mother Susan was also difficult. The curiosity that started as a 12-year-old went full-blown when she left home at 17, and Towers started searching in earnest. She went through the finding agencies and even explored the possibility of running an advertisement in the paper.
After looking for so long, she said she could not believe the search had ended and described it as a “surreal” feeling.
They have missed 33 years out of both their lives but having met, Straughn says it is for keeps.
“We’re together until death. Nothing can separate us, only death,” he said, as Naomi shook her head in agreement.