June 27th, 2022. Roe v. Wade Overturned. The Cost of Electric Vehicles Continues to Increase. Social Unrest Returning to France?
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My Grandmother's Choice Was Adoption
In the 19 forties, women largely had three choices when with such a predicament. They could keep the child as a single parent or have an illegal abortion. My grandmother chose adoption and moved several hundred miles away to avoid that social shame. Many months later, she gave birth to a healthy, beautiful baby boy,. An infertile couple took that child and his name away, and she was heart broken. But in the midst of her heartbreak, something unexpected happened. A different young man from her high school began riding her. He asked her out on a date, and eventually for her hand in marriage. And she accepted. That young man became my grandfather. Their union lasted 61 years
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