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People Magazine, October 7, 2002 (Bonnie and others)
Woman's World (The Woman's Weekly), August 10, 1993

People Magazine, October 7, 2002

All her life, Bonnie Gower has known she was adopted. But when the Belgrade, Montana, nurse called a state office in Helena in the late 1970s seeking clues about her medical background, a clerk informed her there was no record of her adoption. Puzzled, Gower, now 49, confronted her adoptive mother, whose tearful response hinted at a more complex story.

"We promised never to tell anyone," she told Gower. "It was the only way we could get a little girl." READ MORE

Woman's World (The Woman's Weekly), August 10, 1993

When Sherry Keller was 15, she came across her mom's wedding dress packed in a cedar chest. As she carefully fluffed out the beautiful silk gown, a bundle of yellowed letters fell from the folds. So she read them.

They were from her Aunt Jo who wrote of Sherry's mother's wish to adopt a little girl. "I think I have a chance to get you one," Jo wrote. "But don't say anything, 'cause the birth certificate isn't fixed yet." READ MORE