William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Thu Mar 19 20:54:19 CDT 2009
...kids are a treat ...they'll keep you young in spirit, turn your hair gray early, and break your heart with a simple hug ...you should have done it a long time ago :) ...and if that's OT ...ppppffffttttttttt! :) William -------------------------------------------------- From: "John W Colby" <jwcolby at gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 9:14 PM To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Subject: Re: [AccessD] William region DUPLICATION: was Re: My daughter Allie in the news > So which is off topic, getting all mushy or the long post on Williams > Region Duplication syndrome? > > ;) > > Allie and Robbie are both lucky kids, to have made it out of the foster > care system relatively unscathed, and as young as they did. Both were > placed in foster care early, Allie at birth (with us) and Robbie at 3 > months (biologically unrelated). > > Robbie was removed from his mother's care for failure to thrive at 3 > months - sadly he was starving to death because his mom was an addict > (and other problems). > > Mary and I were brand new foster parents in Connecticut. We got Robbie > as our first placement when he was 16 months old. He had originally > been placed with a "professional" foster care person who had about 100 > kids over 20 years and just burned out. When we got him he didn't know > what a hug was. Nine months later we got Allie straight from the > hospital at 3 days old. Robbie just loves his little sister and of > course Allie idolizes Robbie. > > It took about 2.5 years for the court system to terminate parental > rights for both of them. By then Mary and I had been mom and dad to > them for pretty much their entire life so the state asked if we wanted > to adopt them, and we ended up adopting them on the same day, which in > itself is pretty strange. God works in mysterious ways! > > Mary and I are lucky to have them, they are both just delightful little > people. > > Of course we are OLD and kids are a LOT OF WORK! ;) > > John W. Colby > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > > > Darryl Collins wrote: >> Even though this is wildly OT (but it is Friday in Oz), I really like to >> read these sort of emails when they occasionally pop-up - not only did I >> learn something new, but it also gives John a new depth of character for >> me. >> >> This sort of chatter makes all of you people 3D and in colour, with >> families, hopes, dreams and problems outside of our usual dry MS Access >> issues and that really means something to me. Maybe it is because I see >> most of you as some sort of extended family. dunno... >> >> Anyway - I am starting to sound mushy. (note to self: must cut back on >> medication this week) - If I keep this up I may need to start watching >> day time TV and getting weepy at Oprah ;) >> >> All the best with your Daughter John, she is lucky to have a strong and >> supportive family. >> >> cheers >> Darryl. >> >> > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >