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	<description>A Half Orphan&#039;s Account of Her Adoption, Reunion and Social Activism * * * book, website and blog by Joan M Wheeler, BA, BSW, adoptee, author, activist * * * Promoting Adoption Reform Since 1974</description>
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		<title>RePost: Graying Adoptees Still Searching for Their Identities</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.com/2010/07/28/repost-graying-adoptees-still-searching-for-their-identities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>legitimatebastard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a great article to dispel myths surrounding adoptees&#8217; and natural parents&#8217; access to birth records, however, the focus centers around illegitimacy. My birth records were sealed and falsified and I am not illegitimate. The laws do not even apply to me, yet, I am bound by them because I am adopted. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newly Discovered Family Keepsake: 1956 Baby Shower Card</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.com/2010/07/27/newly-discovered-family-keepsake-1956-baby-shower-card/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[1956 Baby Shower Card]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In clearing out the attic over the past several months, I&#8217;ve discovered a few items that hold opposite meanings for myself and my adoptive mother: Greeting cards. But not just any type of greeting card. There are Baby&#8217;s First Christmas, Baby&#8217;s First Birthday, Baby&#8217;s First Valentine. The one that struck me the most, however, was the 1956 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obituary: Annette Baran dies at 83; crusader for open adoption</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.com/2010/07/20/obituary-annette-baran-dies-at-83-crusader-for-open-adoption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 15:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two published obituaries for Annette Baran. One is in the LA Times and the other is in KansasCity.com. Both are open to comments. The Kansas City Obituary is a reprint of the LA Times article. Please note the separate link for comments to the Kansas City article. Thanks to Mirah Riben for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rest in Peace Annette Baran</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.com/2010/07/14/rest-in-peace-annette-baran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:07:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A great woman passed away on July 11, 2010. She was my friend and mentor, a leader and pioneer in the adoption reform movement. I can&#8217;t believe Annette Baran is gone.

I first began reading Annette&#8217;s works in social work journals in 1975 and 1976 in articles that developed later into the book, The Adoption Triangle: Sealed or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;m Doing This Summer</title>
		<link>http://forbiddenfamily.com/2010/07/13/what-im-doing-this-summer-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>halforphan56</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adoption Loss]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nursing homes, hospitals, funerals and memorials, declining health, recovery, inevitable death, fear of the unknown, fear of death, sadness, grief, reconciliation, savor the moments, overwhelming contradictory feelings, and simple joys &#8212; these are my summer activities.
This is a time of daily struggle for family and friends. We&#8217;re aging. Our parents are dying. Our spouses are dying. [...]]]></description>
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