~~ ~~ . IAtworries adoptive * I a on's ... - acnrrh. . . "I have a lot of sym athy' for Mary," said .. . parents . . By LaNEDRA CARROLL . ;. OnUlIIl tl.N*rw . . . ' thinking, 'Thls is where I belong,"* said Mrs. Mary Drau hon who says aho was forced to Tecza, "and then someone comes from nowhere pliiiih>~'s~&!~;~option 14 years ago, now is and sa s, 'Thls is the way It really happened! I searching for hlm; ' .think t 6 c child would not be able to understand So far, only a group of local arenls who sny It and would feel vcr thrcalcned by It all." lhc nrc conccrncd about lhc r own chlldren * Florence Ross, d;rcctor of the Children's an d" other "Mary Draughons" has f turned up. Ilome Societ of Florlda in Tallahassee, anid The parents ore nmon 30 famllles who her l y y "&llercs it Is not In the chlld's nor make up a local grou calk ! Adopllvo Pnrcnts. And they are worrlw!becauso of Mrs. Draugh- adopt ve parents' best interest" for pcnotlnl contact to occur "untll after the adoptce ls,of . lenal one!' ~he"addcd that thc nclmher of nnturnl moth- AdricnneTeczn, 013214 $yomlng~oart,."~hen ,em ~ontacllng her offlce foy~ hgp-Jn-loqntlng. , ':~.llFii?iia-K the lcmptallon was very great their chlldrcn Is very small. . . ' to offer her any help I could. But whcn I come Slate adoption laws re ulro that adoptlon home and rock my baby to sleep, I thlnk, '.Walt a records be kept confidentla!. Ilowever, the law minute. ..."'. says adonlton lnlormatlon can be released umn - c--~ coirl order.under certain clmurnslances. Mrs. Is the'mothcr of Iw0 : Mrs. Draughon, of 1008 Idlewlld Drlve, sald chlldrcn. She Is also the chairwoman of Ado live her ex,eptlol,al because the ,,,edtenl who have adopted a grou fOrmedto nu~pOrt~eOp!~ lnforrnatlon piovldcd to the adoptlve family e 'Idren and !hose colwtder-, docs not Include information about a congenital , Ing adoptlon, she says. . : 'illness that may have been assed from the . Mn Tecq andsc~ernl other hcmbirs a h natt~ral father to the chIM TIC lather dW ?f expressed coneern for,Maty Draughnn's child. ,, the dlsease, Mrs. Draughon sald. .. ~ m . , , .:. (Contlnaed from pmge ID). . - 'Adopllveparenlsdon'twent ' . She wanb the chance to know her, :. , lo live the fear.. ,; mn ad tell hlm of the disease, she ., lheparentscou,d,ust uid. But Mrs. Tea aald she should let the agenc handle the matter by , . come and knock on Your door . . . ansatne the 7 nformatlon on to the one da~..' ido tire arents. -- - --- - "!thln!~ary should leave 'letter wltb the agency (in Pensacola)sothat whcn her son becomes 18, he will know how to find her,"shesald. "But I &Ink he should be Ute one dolnn - the neeking. 'I. . . No one else could make the decislon about whether that llltle boy bpsychologlcally ready LomeelMary ... Ulanthepnrenls whohavenurtured hlm for the onst 13 years," Mrs. Tccm Bcrco,an.d ~eckr.-McQ?_~aH agrced. "You llave to forget about us and UIC natural parents and decide what Is golng to be bcst for tho child, that's what it all amounts to," McDonald. mid. Mrs. McDonald, one of the founders of Adoptlve Parcnts, sald the story of Mn. Drauehon's search had caused anrlcly among adoptlve pnrenlq. "Ado live parents don't want to have lo h e with the fear that the parents could just come and knock on your door ow day,"she sold. a If she was the ado tlve parent of hon's son, &s . Tecm sold, qeerylhlng legally possl- ~LT - .. ,'.. -. .- ., . - -,... . . . . . it straigh .. I. -.-., stow .-. ~r cd that the aon Mary Draughon eve up for adoptlon at birth wasbornOct.5,19BB,ln 16 ensscola.Thechlld was born lo Mobile, Ala., and wan laced through an a enc In Peruacola. Alao, Mrs. Aaughon, of IOOD flewi id Drlve, la ~r in toorganire s local hranchol Concerned Unltcd 4trtf1 Parenls (CUB). Becauao of incorrect lnformatlon suppllcd to TheDemocrat, the story slated that Mrs. Draughon already had organ. ij ', 1 wdthcgr0~~ yCY , b3 I . Ryols &, Schlltz beer dlatrlbutor for Tallnhna- .see, was identlficd incorrectly la r atory In Wedncs. day'r Democrat. . blc lo prevent Mrs. Draughon's search. Butshe added that she was not , judging the woman. "~tissad that anyone has to feelbad at thls polnt," ahe said. "But if somebody hns to feel Ule sense of loss, it Is !~ctter that it be Mary, a 31-ycarald woman, than a 14-yenr-old boy. He didn't do anything, he didn't choose to be utu for adoption." Rn. 8eczn said that now, after the - srUcle's publlcation, she is alrald to talk about the clrcumsldncea of her own children's adoptlon. "I fear that somebody else Is look- . Ing for thclr kld and I might have It,"' she said. "I resent that someone could lmposcon my famlly like that and thls Jsmy famll now. "Now, alier.we've formed rclatlonshlps wlth our chlldrcn, I resent the fact that I have to feel threatened!' . --
.-, (-ILL I . . , I . ,, ,.., ~. : . $ . ';&I ,-7~ C i/~&:;1'"Cl TV/ - > L.f - ,y .b-xl . ,Local Birtl~parents. , , : For~n.Support Group \ . . . . r P' ' A suppnrl grot1 lor ~II~~CW<strong>III</strong>I hnVc glvct~ up il~clr chl d In ndopllotl Is belag a torlned 111 Iltls nrffl, it was nnnt~u~tccd ' Il~ls wcuki . . ' . ' I locnl rcprr~et~lnllvc IJJ~ .' ! ' Arnrltb nt 111. 1, Cnt~leron nlld Illc nc\v t l , ~ ~ n p to c s II~IVP ytnc irtf?rt~lnl "rap scsalons" In lltc nenr. tulllrc, sllc a { 1' slnled. . . ~ 8; , . p.,,: ,One nf lli@ ir~ast lnt~cly i;llrwllnt~a n ,:: mrcnl call endure Is llvlt~~ wlllltrul , . i. &cloiulttg wl~ot~r wl~crcil~rlr clllldl~, cllo slnlctl, or II ll lllc cl~lld I!, nllve or tlcnd, I;'; lfic tiupport grl~c~p, cnllcd Co~~ccr~~c~l !.!. Unlled Dlrll~pnrcals,wlll prnvldc Illc I$. ~~pp~rrlu~llly lo cxpress nlld rcsolvc nny c;!; Worries blrll~pnrcnla lltn nnllclfiilc It1 [:I iccklng knawlcdgc or iiclr . nwt~ irur! I ;,':',ldcnllty or 111 arnrcl~ll~~ lor kl~~~~vlcdgc , I n'mccli~t wltl~ il~clc Ollsprlng.. ; '% 1' 3118 unit a f so ' provldeh n rcauu~~ce lor. : 'llto~o, crip;erict~clnfl nn u~~llmcl ,''I prc~fldlccy br n mtnlly crlsls ' wl~lc i"'. t '; U~rpnl,etis the loss,ol n chlld lo ntlnpllon. I' . , . .. ; . ; ,.,4 8 ., , . ., " '; ,. !I " !/, 8 . . ,. t . , 2 c. . J', . Lci3
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