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

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don't ~nvlllvc an llnlry, with no nlfjtr mc.rrtnrlrs, c I I fir I I 1 I f 1 .'ill0 I1Jillk.l nW"l~~c ri
:w, newlrurn hd~y.
nl~n~il~l lrt his tlr her pnst nhlne." 11111 I I I i n In I r I I Ill* rlll~rr gnrrnln I,
Snwcllmn the ehlld 1% oldcr - s h ~ shv ~h~t~ks ollttcr ,vt~licfrolj wit11 sill. I~~~vI~II~-I. ~lt~~ll~u! 111y ntf~~pfc~l r~ar~~t~tq IVIIIIIC~!; SII~IIII#I !PI* II
ltr ntny fl.vc tlvLyj in a vnrlcty i111ps hh~nli~l bs ndoplal tt~pctlirr. unn the 1,1~s1 ~IIIIII! thnl rvrr hap VIIIII they nrr* @I IrIIst r
mM lor scvcrnl hc(orc frclng "Nnl n lay went hy wtian I wns pc.ncd Is rllr." llrr pnrrtltn anvo lrrr "Ynu ilnn'l ' .v '
optd. , ll,llc I dllln'l are a IIIJY rrr fiirl syurslnl ?ere. She hati muslc lessons flnrl. YIIU den't w
These children have mernnrlas, t)llnk 'That's my hroihcr or nly nml brnc~% on hrr iccth - c!vcrylhln~ t~c grllln~ into ulrctr yl:
mctlmn very hnd mcmnrles, with ~191~r."' - t111!y e1i1111l pivr kct.
"~orl~~imtcly, IIIY 11r ,
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,lch the new pnrcnb, md the child, She sn)r hrr ndl~l~tlve pnrrnta wt'rc
~ Ier lrlrn~d eut to tru
us1 COlIC. tr~tst supltnttlvc ns stla lookcd lor hrr Inllnrl lhetn!'
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One such adopllon tmk plncc fnr fi brolbl!r nnd al~fcr.
city. area women, now flho~t 30, "I hnd to tlnd thcm. lnfanh - they
w w,s 8% when her parents found should lcnve I1 nt thnl. T~QY ahnull1
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nnt look hnck. nlli kids who hnve '*If ~U(L.V like livinfi .in
mctnorlcs ahould hkve *cce*s lo Ilea V C 1 ~ o co rrtc lo niy
whcre ihclr fantlllc~ arc!'
"My slstcr and hrothcr and I were ,PrC"f!ffl]l(lrcnts. Mecling
recrs //re best thin6 ltrnl
long llme!'
cvcr hctlytened to me."
I looethcr lor nlne yqnm - lhsl'a @ llrcn~
' ''Kidc who hue Jn~f?WrkS She tells of the sensltlvlly excrclsnl
buu have
by her parcnts when they adopted
hcr. '
My shrcr .. -mcy tali me thcy udop~ed me be.
[,had been
cause they REALLY wanled me.
Some pcnplc hnvc chlldrcn they She atma up her advlce In chlldrcn
dldn't rcnlly want, lhcY enld. They nnd 1~111ll1cs:
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mode mc Ice1 very spcclal." Shc thinks chlldrm wllhnul mcmo.
"I dldn't know whsl a glfl was un. rics of utl~sr fnn~lllcshould prnhahly .
' Ill w parcnu look me homl With leave tlic pwt alone, unlcss thcre Is a
thctn. $1 had never had a PrCscni. medical renwlr (11 look lor ihc nnlurnt
Whcn t gnl lhrrc, thcre were three parents. (llcr ndopllve ~Iet~!t,
llpr backwound unt~i then h'nd in. IIIIIC girts waltin~ lor mc."
aduptrd nn a bal~y. ha3 no dcrlrc in
udd cxtrcnre povcrly In her nntu. Thc first vlsllnrr she hm ever hnd try to fie( nthcr purt~ntri).
- a ICW "lcrrlblc" wccks at tho orphntrnc@ were the pnrcnts S ~ C thinks olncr chlldrcn, wttlt
dctcn(lon mn(rr - and pn oryhn. whn Came to trike her With them. brutl~~r.4 and s!stcrl~, ~hl)uld IIC
at s whlch was cantforlahlc but "I1 was ralnlnR lhnt nloht. I adsptwI as n tin11 (hcr llrrcnlv lrlcd.
.n lonr% nB drcssnl I I and ~ wrlllnc. I wnltcd trut *err nrlt allewcd to lskc t~cr
Uul also lricludcd were a brolhcr nlld WRIIP~. 1 thoilghl, 'Oh, no. TIICY ll,olhcr and slfilcr).
slstcr, whom, lor ycam she saw nntn't cornlna.' nut the wcal!fr was
11y st mqaltlme In thc orphnnngc. so hnd they hnd been dclnyd.
id ellcr hcr ndnpllnn, not Bl rill. She rcmcmbera Sundnys, supPo
11 the hrolhcr nnd SISLL'C for swlly the hcsl doy nt the arpl~aiinfie~
hnm lookd so lon(r belorn flnal. nnd allllnl: nn tho stcps W~lllnR for
Incnllng them.
vlsltorm, "hut nnhody ever cstnc."
her dFf(ght, the three hnve be Shc rr~ncmbcrs fccllnfi "nahody
1t1ic frlcnds and have an excctlcnl , wants you."
elatlnnshlp.
Shc says. "It wns llkc llvln~ In
says, "1 think l child rdoptcd. .heaven lo come to my Present par-
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