“I certainly never felt rejected because they had given me up. My parents knew nothing about my birth mother, yet always explained with certainty that she didn't "give me up" or "give me away" - she made a plan for me, the best one she could make under her circumstances, whatever those were.”
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“Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse." (History Will Teach Us Nothing)”
“Thorby had two choices. Be adopted quietly or make a fuss and be adopted anyhow”
“Blood can help make family, but family often transcends blood.”
“A family who laughs together blesses each other.”