Articles Book III - Pg 1-117 (Adoptees) - triadoption

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' rrnm l war7 dnya old, I wan glvm a my rcnl inother, the womnn who Wllelttcr I Anll hrothcrs or nlrtrra
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. known O* my Parmtg. 1 *~lII.ronrldcr~ to alvc mc up far adopllon wlthln 110ul.n wl,,!t)l,r tllry
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thclr anmc mlnc. Ilroudly. Lovln#ly. : 01 my blrtlt. ., : ,
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And grnlcf~tlly. . . . , . , I wore tIIIf~rct~t In olhcr ways. W111.th~~
When.1 inkAl my ad~tptlvc mother they nre on h&rppy pr ns llt~nnclnlly
But nnc rprivg day when 1 wrs 11, I ~ IleIh~r that wna thc case. shc blual~cd, wcll~llxcd'nn 1 nnl, end wllctl~~,r S,~I~.- /
.. nturnblnlncross~~nochernnmescraw~~ hnI(~d 4 mlllu(r and.lh@n *a111 lhnt It how 1 could IICIP. tbcni. WI ~IICI~
dn nllr of pnlicr in thc bottom of a WU, . !,,mwlbdne or wltt~out 11.
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Whcthcr my blologlcal motbcr could draw come
fort from knowlng that thcchlld shc hcld In hcr nrmn
r only n fcw hours wns tekcn In by warm, lovlng
~plc; Whcthcr It might rclicvc her to know I nm
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hcnlthy, happy--even allvc! Or whether ahc hcrself
mtght nced help..
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IN TlllS COItNEIt
selves known-and nvnllnble, lf.'thnt would help-lo
people who must stIII wondcr nbolrl us, If only for n
rnomenl hero or thcrc7
ncadlng that essay, I wns stopped c?ld by the
"stunnlng example" of "a nun who hall glven blrth nt
~gc IS, placcd hcr chlld in a homc nnd then. In her
Whethbr, on ;nother lcvel, I mnJ have lnhcrlted early 201, entered a convcn1:'Shc "would not hsvc
tctrdcnclc8 toward dlabctes or other gcncllcally welcomed the sppenrnncc 01 hcr chlld on the convent :
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Thoacpuertlonsdon't prioccupy'mc. I only think I lhlnk tho wrltcr'a fallncy was In dcallng wllh
of lhcm from tlmc to tlmc. But, ns I WnS told rather womcn who hnd glven up lhclr chlldrcn. If 8hr bnd
bluntly In an csany that nppenrcd thc other day: I talkcd wlth women who had neen those chlldrcn
should butt out. I ahould ahat up and go away, dnpltc ogoln. rnther thnn wlth women wl~o fenred such in
an lncrenslng lrcnd lor courts to makc adoptlon re- cxpcrlencc, ahe mlglit hnvc told n dlffcrcnt story. I
' cords avsllnhlc to adoplccr. ' , nm told by mnny pcople I know who hnvc "looked up"
collclud~ th,t ld Riven thclr mothern that they fclt drcnd brloreauch n meet-
: the[, up for adoption d ~d not-emp~~nt~ca~~y I?.% but almost never felt regrat afterward.
not-want to,hcar ever agnln from thcir "lorgoltcn" Yes, I'm that shadowy oulllne in lhc drnwlng. I
children. The pnln mlght bc too greal. nccnrdlng to don't wan1 to Intrude 018 thc plcturc, on my mothcr's
thc wrltrr, 11 chlldrcn who had bean adopted showcll new lamlly (It shc hna onc). Bill filllng In thc hlnnkr
up to "Intrude upon the mother's ncw Iltc at almost In my blologlcnl life wo~tld mcnn a fulflllmcni denld
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. mc for as long ns 1 can remcmbcr. And dcnlcd lo my
- Well, pardon me idr nsklng. But how many of ul . y'hcr,
adoptces, who hnve too often known the launtt of un- '" 'has Om no Or.wh?t am l'ndirlg doin!!!' Out
tltlnklnn oconle, would be colloua enough to