Articles Book III - Pg 300-560 (Birthparents) - triadoption

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MY PROULElll AND 1.IOW1 SOLVED IT
My Aibptecll Daughter PJmted
To Rnd Her Naturd Mot11er
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I wns ltcnrlbrokctl If slrc succcctlccl,
~vl~cn Knrcti inslstcd
tvould I lose l~cr? Or
on finding tltc wotlinn
woctld love provc
who gnvc birtlt to hcr.
stronger tl~nn blood?
y husbnnd, other pnrct1L3 have rctl
George, nltd 1 hnir?"
ntloptetl Knrcn "Ilotv should 1 itno\v?"
tvhcn uhe mns five dnys 1 nt~swcrcrl lrril:~bly.
oltl. It wns the joyful
"Whnt doca it ntnttcr?"
clirt~nx to ycnrs of fras-
Thcn. tVllcn she tvns
trntlon durir~g tvhlch In high school, KR~CII .- .
we'd tried unrcucccssfully cnntc hotttc nntl ~ I I -
to stnrt n fnmily. Rut
t~ouncctl to IIR thnt her
despite our longirtg for
clnss wns tlolng a 11rojcct
. children, wc hnd hccn otl gct~cnlogy. Tltc idea
hcsitnnt nbout ntlol)ting.
tvns to trncc tltcir nnccs-
Could we, tve nskcd our- tors bnck to thclr ~tntivc . -.
selves, love nn ndoptcd Inads nntl then dr~itt'
cl~lld ns much ns we
fnn~ily trecs.
would love one of our "Your jirent-groat
, very own? grnntlpnrcnts on 1112' sitle
. . As soon as we snw cnme fro111 1 rclentl," I told
Knren, nil our doubts
her, "Antl Dnddy's \vcrc n
ilisnppcn~~ctl. She lny in n crib, Dnntty more yours thnll me?" nilxtoreof Scotcl~ nntl E~lfilish.''
bald nnd wrinkled, looklrtg 111- "Ab8olutcly not," I told her "Dut tlto~c aoc~l'l nly nrtcrcdlbly
vulnernblc. I rcnchcd firmly. "It's beill&! tolrottier ccstors," Icnren snid slotvly. "I
out for hcr ns instil~ctlvcly nn thnt nlnkes pcople n fnlnt!y. 11o11't know nt~ythlnj! nl~otttrillif
I hnd just given birth. As I You tlos't tnkc love nwny froni aclf. I ment~, I could i~c Gor~nntt
held her close, I looked up nt one person to give it to nn- or Frcnch or nnything."
Gcorjio'u fnce nnd snw thnt his other. The mn~ic is thnt lo\'c TIIIIL COII~C~RII~~OII nntl the
wonder equaletl niy o\tvn. just keeps coming." lost, worricd look on my tln~~sh-
But tve hnd n surprise nhcnd. This ntntlc sense to Knrcn. tcr's fncc t~psct nic tcrribiy. I
Eight ycnrs Inter I bccnme She never ~ceti~ctl jealous of pltot~cd the scltool to tell tltc
pregnnl~t nntl \vc \velcomctl n D~IIIIJ.. We were B close, lot'itt~ tenchcr tvhnt I tl~oujil~t of j:lrson.
Thrilled ns tvc ~vere. this fnmily. lnp chlltlrcn such nn nuuij:nmlrncle
in no tvny tlin~inished Even no, cvcry once in n mcnt.
. our feelings for Knren. wltile Knrcn nskcd 11s nl~out "I'm sorry if this hns cnuscd
On tho nttvicc of the socinl her "rcnl pnrcr~ls." Thosc qocs- problet~~s," RIIC npologizccl. "Of
worker nt tho ndoptioll ngcltey, tiotls II~WUYR setit n chill course, linrctl nlny tlrnw 1tc.r
wc hnd never co~~ccnled from throu~h me. I ren~cmbcr n con- fanlily trec ~ISIII&! your ~IICCR. .
Knren thnt she \vns arlo~~tctl, vcrstitiot~ whc~t sl~c wns 12. tors. Itttt. . .I' nhe pnitsetl. thct~ +
So when \ve brot~~ht D:~nny "You'rc nl\vnyn snyi~tl! Dntl- ntldctl hesilnttlly, "do yo11 11:ivc ;
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home from the hosl~ilnl, Knrcn ny looks like I)ntltly," Knrcn IIII~ i~~fortt~ntlor~ nhot~t I(11rctt's
wna full of qucstio~t~, snid. "They're both no blo~td. rcnl pnrents? She docs sccnl so
"Dnnny ctime out of your Nobody in this f~tntily lins re11 engcr to know ~ornetltit~g." x
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tumn~y," I(nrett snid logicnlly, hnir but nle. I'tl rcnlly like to "My husbnntl nt~tl 1 coasidcr $
"And I didn't. Docs tillit mnkc ktiow how I got It. Did my ro~lrin~rd 011 patv $2 2
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