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

h pame Dl
able to find her U-year-old daughter with the ossla(ance
oi a Wfornla salal agency, nnd "(hmugh a lot of
letten and a lot of seuchln
It turned out the adopJ$rents Ute only a few
mllu from Maw Lou. She her huttuDd dmve by
the bow. A few blocks down tbe stmt wu a gmup of
chlldrrn. Ow glrl caught Ma Lou's eyr
"'Ihat'r k; them she%," Mary LOV (Uld her
husband She told the llmup "I was scared to denth. I
(boueht, 'what U she seen me?' But Lhm 1 rrallzed she
aouldn't know me from Adnm"
Ihe girl wu Idd her daughter. Whm M w Lou
eontdcted the a
md), they tmalnl
her wilh rv.spd!:$ZE a%ng I* teUlng her
about her da ter nnd enclosed a picture. But they
"P
d d they had ccldcd, nfler wul scarchlne, that It was
too som fm a don. ney pmmlscd one when they
felt tbe chUd was ready.
"Nothln&l8 u bd aa the scarehtnp," M q Lou
dd. "But mhh# h had, too."
IOM AND CINDY RUi5MW am Dd00tIve parents
lmll~c some adoptive pamtd ~OWI fee^ ttmrtened
by be he ot tbe blrthpaml. Becaw Ury both
am Infertile, h y privately ndopted r rm two years
ago lad wen La conW contact witb tbe bir(hmothu.
"Weera sce mmuchdLaurleLahlm.. . udweUllnL
it'r mddl," Mn. Rcnshrw dd. Sbe addcd that they
are ''-trying to put pltto(letb*r u much (Lrdonnatim) u wi
un... mUnadwhmhewmbtotamaboutblabirth 1
faidly m'll be able to bdp him."
Rcnrhrw'Mtd. "I rreqpllra the magnitode of the
P
1. nnd I'll be galdul for Ulat untU the day I die, . . .
or Qurle's) gl* tu m qrportuuily to have a family
aseauldmthavehd~."
I
'by (bc wry, she llve Ln Wta Itma.' "
Rbadr ru ahle to nmtect her daughter there
wbem rrbe ars Uving with We&. "Her -ta moved
to Vlndnla ad h didn't want to. She fl& - I was
7
uvudlomcrkre."
"It's been a v naturnl" don, Rhonda sald
"We're so mueh%ke It's unreal, our Ukes, our
dldka." 'Ib Ent evenlog they uw each other, "we
rmt out to d!m=r. Wc mm both aittlrig UKla p.~lUn#
the mushrooms off our ~lrtea."
sltthy uletly next to Rhoo-
Ibe daughter. ~m&,
dn's olkr daughter nnd Rhmdn slather, sdd all them
was to be uld vwy rlmply: "I'm happy."
a f ddy contact Lrr that atate fmmJudy;
"I tbaunbt it waa a dad end. but Ullc is mv second
Another woman, after
mrm yean d surchln
has famd her i+y-8
daughter, but isn't sure
how to go about contacting
the lady and lud come
to the gmtp for adrlce.
Still mather, Helm, feels
rtuck becam ibe (hlnlra
the ado tire parents
c.han.Sed &elr name and
moved, bclleviw sbe hnd
lpns lo ma the blhrather
and xght try lo
rotrleve tbe chlld.