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Podcast: Adoption: The Making of Me. An Oral History of Adoptee Stories
Episode: Rita: A Determined Spirit Finds Resolve
Description: Rita W. Miller was relinquished into the social service foster care system at 6 months of age. In her mind, Rita believes that her biological mother made this decision, not because she did not want her, but because she wanted a better life for her baby. She believes that perhaps the mother thought that she was in no way able, capable, or possibly would not gain the capacity to raise this child. This is only speculation, as with the lives of adoptees, much of what they think about their early lives are self-imposed scenarios.Rita remembers being in...