My own childhood showed me that when it comes to loving your kids, concepts like that don’t apply.
AL ROKERWe already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.
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I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.
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To me, there is no difference between ‘natural’ and ‘adopted.’ .
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In our society leaving baby with Daddy is just one step above leaving the kids to be raised by wolves or apes.
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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 don’t make plans, because life is short and unpredictable – much like the weather!
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You can’t name an institution that doesn’t depend on volunteers.
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In 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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I know I need to exercise. For some people, exercise is like breathing; for others, like me, it takes effort.
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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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We already had an adopted daughter, 10-year-old Courtney, from my previous marriage.
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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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My first college roommate greeted me with a shocked silence followed by, ‘So. . .you’re black.
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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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I couldn’t wait for Courtney to come to the hospital so I could have all my women together.
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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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