We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.
AL ROKERIn the pregnancy process I have come to realize how much of the burden is on the female partner. She’s got a construction zone going on in her belly.
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If somehow every volunteer vanished tomorrow, so much of this country would come to a standstill: schools, hospitals and libraries.
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I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort.
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They wrapped her up like a baby burrito to show to Mom. Here were a mother and her daughter and I love them both so much.
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If I was having a bad day, eating was like self-medicating. But if you abuse food, you still have to use that substance that you abuse every day.
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I was the oldest of six, and three of my siblings were adopted.
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My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.
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I get bitter, angry and disbelieving and I tell my kids there a lot of idiots out there.
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You don’t have to try to impress your kids. If they’re not getting what they need from you, they will let you know.
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And I love doing this thing, and they will have to blow me out of here with dynamite before I leave.
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Mom and Dad even took in foster children. ‘There are no limits to how much you can love,’ Dad always said.
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I also want them to know that being successful is not the real world – that their parents get treated better because they’re on TV.
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I couldn’t wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.
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I don’t make plans, because life is short and unpredictable – much like the weather!
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Watching the scenes out of New Orleans, if you turn down the sound it could be the Sudan or any Third World country. But it’s not. it’s the United States of America.
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My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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