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chervilant

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8. I am the only one of six sisters

Reply to freedom fighter jh (Reply #6)

Fri Dec 4, 2015, 01:04 AM

Dec 2015

who chose to remain childless. Ours was a dysfunctional family, and I didn't feel I had adequate role models to be a parent. Plus, I read Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" when I was very young (before my adolescence). I decided then that if I wanted to be a parent, I could adopt or foster one or more of the thousands of children growing up in "group homes" across the nation.

I am an advocate now for our younglings. And it's for them that I grieve when I contemplate the mess we've made of our climate and our culture.

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If you have young children, this is a MUST WATCH [View all] 1monster Dec 2015 OP

Do you write clickbait headlines for a living? jeff47 Dec 2015 #1

No. Do you do your best to be insulting when you reply to a post? 1monster Dec 2015 #2

No, I can be far more insulting. jeff47 Dec 2015 #3

My son is now 23 and I no longer have corded blinds in my house. 1monster Dec 2015 #4

Nine kids? PNW_Dem Dec 2015 #7

k & r chervilant Dec 2015 #5

Either that or obliviousness freedom fighter jh Dec 2015 #6

I am the only one of six sisters chervilant Dec 2015 #8