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Adoption created an astronaut

January 2, 2012 by Andrea Mrozek 2 Comments

Get out the Kleenex. This is a good story about a woman being reunited with the daughter she gave up for adoption after a rape:

For most of her 100 years, Minka Disbrow tried to find out what became of the precious baby girl she gave up for adoption after being raped as a teen. She hoped, but never imagined, she’d see her Betty Jane again. The cruel act of violence bore in Disbrow an enduring love for the child. She kept a black and white photograph of the baby bundled in blankets and tucked inside a basket….

[Betty Jane’s] name was now Ruth Lee. She had been raised by a Norwegian pastor and his wife and had gone on to marry and have six children including the Alabama man, a teacher and astronaut Mark Lee, a veteran of four space flights who has circled the world 517 times. She worked for nearly 20 years at Walmart — and especially enjoyed tending to the garden area.

Recall how many stand in favour of abortion in cases of rape. Betty Jane would not likely have been born today.

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  1. love quotes for moods says

    January 8, 2012 at 12:42 pm

    Love works miracles every day; such as weakening the strong, and strengthening the weak; making fools of the wise, and wise men of fools; favouring the passions, destroying reason, and, in a word, turning everything topsy-turvy.

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  2. M. M. Erich says

    February 2, 2012 at 10:35 am

    This is a wonderful story of life and love and the positive aspects of adoption. Thank you for telling this. I pray that it will encourage more people to choose adoption.

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