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TOPIC: looking for my birth daughter

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Tracey Boudreau	Posted: Sep 06, 2005 08:38:09 AM In August 1982, I gave birth to a little girl in Beloit, Kansas. I was 16 and I wanted to keep my daughter but my very Mormon parents forbid it. Although I lived in California, my parents sent me to Beloit to have my baby. After giving birth, I went back to California and started my senior year in high school right on time. I told my friends that I had been gone all summer visiting a family friend that was ill. Keeping my daughter wasn't an option in my parents eyes, I was an embarassment and my mom arranged the entire adoption. I have thought about my daughter everyday for 23 years and I have never forgotten how beautiful she was and when I held her, I told her that my love for her was forever and that someday it would bring us back together. My feelings, and wants were never taken into consideration and I have resented my parents all of these years. I still can't believe that their reputations and their embarassment cost me my daughter. The people who adopted my daughter told my mom that they were never going to tell her that she was adopted. As the years pass, my hopes that we will someday be together fade, but my love for her will always be forever.

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The Costs of Adopting

Many couples are often overwhelmed by the cost when they begin looking into adoption. There are many factors that contribute to the cost of an adoption, including the cost of the necessary legal work, advertising fees, travel expenses, etc.

Both domestic and international adoption have their own unique costs. For example, couples adopting domestically will not have to worry about the cost of a visa, which couples adopting internationally much budget for. Likewise, couples adopting domestically may be asked to provide living expenses for the expectant mother, such as help with rent or utility payments, an expense that is not typically seen in international adoptions.

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TOPIC: looking for my birth daughter