a friend in OK does not want to lose her adopted children

[Bertha Venation]

"Dear family and friends--we would appreciate your e-mail support to oppose the Oklahoma adoption bill before the governor as explained below which could strip our daughter Heather of her legal rights as 5 year old Kate and Sarah's mother."

I'm not an Oklahoman, and I confess this is the first I've heard about this bill. But I ask you to contact Governor Henry and ask him to veto it. If you don't feel like looking up the contact info yourself, try this link: http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/okadoptveto/

Thank you.

[hippywife]

1. Done, Bertha...

and I also posted the link to the local message board at okdemocrats.

[Bertha Venation]

2. Thank you so much.

I appreciate it.

Where do you live?

I lived in Tulsa for 6 mos. when I was a kid. Hated it. But went through OKC in September 2000. Made two trips to the Memorial with our friend, a docent there. She's on the Survivor's Wall; she was across the street on 4/19/95 and caught an entire plate glass window with her body. Yet she lived. On the way out of the state we stopped in Clinton, where my father & uncle were born (they grew up in Corn).

Now, why did I just give you my OK pedigree? :shrug: But I'm over the childhood stint and I like Oklahoma. It's the first place I ever heard a chorus of cicadas. :)