tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post6238249234511194874..comments2023-05-13T05:39:17.781-04:00Comments on One Option Means No Choice: Family ReunionCarlynne Hershberger, CPSAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01365785230628216814noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-38701448388501634842010-11-17T09:54:37.592-05:002010-11-17T09:54:37.592-05:00Kara, thank you. I think there's always hope. ...Kara, thank you. I think there's always hope. Maybe that's just Pollyanna - ish on my part but I really believe that circumstances and people can change. I appreciate you and the honesty of what you write on your blog.Carlynne Hershberger, CPSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365785230628216814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-39701051160353194722010-11-17T01:04:38.254-05:002010-11-17T01:04:38.254-05:00I am so very happy for you. Your story makes me fe...I am so very happy for you. Your story makes me feel better about the world on a day when I wonder why I bother. <br /><br />(((Carlynne)))ms. marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03854609171313401651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-26866359320077298532010-11-14T21:57:36.998-05:002010-11-14T21:57:36.998-05:00Thank you so much Susie! I'm so grateful to ha...Thank you so much Susie! I'm so grateful to have Liz back in my life. She's wonderful!Carlynne Hershberger, CPSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365785230628216814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-41884114850226040632010-11-14T21:32:59.248-05:002010-11-14T21:32:59.248-05:00Carlynne & Liz,
Your post & comment are t...Carlynne & Liz,<br /><br />Your post & comment are the most wonderful posts I have ever read!! <br /><br />I just found this blog, from Lori's. I can't wait to go read more of your story. <br /><br />Happy Reunion Anniversary to both of you!<br />SusieSusiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15929169562563801608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-36690495984643947452010-11-14T13:32:38.940-05:002010-11-14T13:32:38.940-05:00Lori, I hope it does make a difference.
Kelli, we...Lori, I hope it does make a difference.<br /><br />Kelli, well said and thank you for the comments. It's good to have a friend who's been through all this with me and understands. And.... you don't have one foot in the grave after all :DCarlynne Hershberger, CPSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365785230628216814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-79861161596969545042010-11-14T12:13:45.597-05:002010-11-14T12:13:45.597-05:00Thank goodness it's only 8 years, I thought I&...Thank goodness it's only 8 years, I thought I'd lost one there and that I might be even older than I think I am (and that's old enough). I am grateful to have been there at the moment you found her. It was a life changing event for me too, although certainly not as much as it was for you. I feel honored to have been included in something as important as this in your life and to know Liz just a little through you. You are both remarkable people and I gain more respect for you both daily. Keep doing what you are doing, it changes lives. <br /><br />For years we celebrated what we called our "Family Birthday" which was the day our adopted daughter came to live with us. She was 6 and needed to be constantly reassured that she was not going to change families "again." This is why I do believe that with older children adoption is necessary. In later years, I got to thinking that a celebration was really not necessary, Amber had been our niece and then she became our daughter. We always were family and she always knew who she was. <br /><br />For me National Adoption Month is a great time to remind people who think they have to have an infant that they can pretend is theirs (lets face it no person is "ours" they belong to themselves), that there are thousands of children of all ages and races who are already waiting for homes and families and it is not necessary to break up a family by taking an infant away from it's mother.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07842203443525807668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-42023909134979054982010-11-14T10:54:41.121-05:002010-11-14T10:54:41.121-05:00I want to share this....it might, one day, make a ...I want to share this....it might, one day, make a difference to me and my life.Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815710859859029536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-58508770458882329132010-11-14T09:57:50.000-05:002010-11-14T09:57:50.000-05:00awwww..... (tears streaming)!!
I was just thinkin...awwww..... (tears streaming)!!<br /><br />I was just thinking..., I think it's actually 8 years, not 9. Well, who said I was any good at math. :D<br /><br />It doesn't matter, all that matters is our family is back together. ((((hugs)))Carlynne Hershberger, CPSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01365785230628216814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138721004042487054.post-89061132622688742582010-11-14T09:41:45.222-05:002010-11-14T09:41:45.222-05:00I love you too momma! and...thank you! Thank you f...I love you too momma! and...thank you! Thank you for wanting to find me! That day changed all of our lives. It opened a whole new world to me. A whole new family. A whole new side to myself that i never knew but always wanted to. <br /> I also would have loved to have you with me during the years i was becoming a mother but please dont ever feel bad that you were not here. Those circumstances were beyond our control. The important thing is that u have us now. And your grandsons have the opportunity to know you and love you...and they do love you very much! <br /> So again..Thank you! For never giving up and for never letting go. No matter how painful it was. I appreciate that more than you will ever know!! <br />I love you! xoxoxoxoxoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04122098512722816321noreply@blogger.com