This book is a collection of short stories that depict events in Author's life while she lived in Romania, then in Greece, and last in America. It's a beautiful and very sincere account of a young woman's life and comming to age.
The story of Ron Hull, paralyzed in a surgical accident back in the dreaded polio epidemic days, was able to overcome most of the stigma and stereotypes and "pass for normal" for 30 years. As Ron's paralysis increased gradually through the next 20
I am a nurse, an adoptive mom, I write because that is the tool with which I touch the world.
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Growing up I had three goals. Work in SE Asia, adopt a child, and write a book. I graduated from nursing school in 1970, went to West Kalimantan, Indonesia in 1976, accumulated five children while I was nursing in a Christian hospital until I lost my visa in 1982, and have parented them long-distance since then. I have 18 grandchildren in Indonesia.
I adopted my first US child as a single parent in 1984 and have since adopted five more, who are now between the ages of 11 and 31. I have had a dozen US foster children and eight foster children from outside the US through "Healing the Children." My 13 year old son died of heart failure in 1996, and in 2000 I started a free monthly newsletter for bereaved families, which now reaches about 250 families in the US and around the world.
I write for the newsletter, I write for myself, I write to share my faith and my incredible journey through life. Will I ever write a book? That still remains to be seen.
Accomplishments
My greatest achievement has been/will be raising my children, both here and abroad, adopted and a few others, to responsible, productive adulthood.
Contact Information
Broken Hearts, Living Hope
11040 SW Gaarde St #8
Tigard OR 97224
USA
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