In Her Words Stuart Watson

Jamie Weiss was adopted as a child. Now she’s a mother herself. We speak from common personal experience as only adoptees can. Now Jamie and lots of us are asking Georgia lawmakers to treat adopted people the same as foster children, orphans and every other citizen - and give us our original birth certificates. Why is that so hard?
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I met Diana at a retreat for adult adoptees who never really worked on healing the inner wound created by losing your mother at birth. That was almost five years ago. WOW! Have we both come a long way. This is wisdom born of pain. Hint: No shame and no blame. 
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I met Kenya in 2016 when we were in a play together at Spirit Square and a presidential candidate who shall not be named was campaigning in the next theater .Secret Service. Security. Crazy times.Kenya Templeton has a GORGEOUS singing voice. A clip from this podcast was featured on WBUR’s HERE AND NOW on NPR. This is a reprise of our original episode but it’s worth checking out!
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Dr. Octavia Cannon is kind. She’s been personally kind to me. And she’s kind to the women she treats. Unfailingly kind. Just listen.
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More than 50 years ago, Mary Hopper needed a safe abortion. She found it in Mexico. She was a Republican… until the Equal Rights Amendment and the Reagan Right ignored women like her. She never went back. Could the US Supreme Court beholden to you-know-who sink GOP? A Reprise of our conversation several years back.
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Wendy Hickey relishes her nickname as “Art Mama” by lots of artists who have benefited from Wendy’s tireless support for local art! But you might not know how Wendy was a bit of a teen rebel who left home at 16. Relax!  It all turns out well. Wendy combined her years of experience in billboard sales with her love of local artists to create ART POP!
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