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Originally Posted by sdiedre
My grandfather, when hearing of my decision to foster and foster/adopt, asked my mother 'what color is she gonna get' ( he knows me well). I told her the next time he asked, tell him green.
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My father wasn't the most tolerant man before I adopted Maire-Kate. After Maire-Kate's adoption, though, he changed a lot. However, he started calling African Americans "colored". He wasn't being mean-he actually believed he was saying the right thing. So if he was telling me a story and mentioned a "colored man", I would say "Well, what color was he?". That kind of got the point across and he said "What should I say?" and told him "black" would be fine.
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Mommy to
Princess Maire-Kate, 9
Princess Hanna, 3
Current foster placements:
"Brandon"- 20 month old cutie patootie. Goal: Changed again. Now, it's adoption-by me!!! 
Former foster placements:
"Angel"- 3 months old -moved 10/05 to relative
"Cara"-23 months old -moved 1/2/08 to adoptive home.
"Darlene"- 4 years old-moved 1/2/08 to adoptive home.
"Erica"- 9 months old -moved 4/16/08 to Godmother
"Faith" - 20 month old -moved 4/25/08 to be with a sibling
"Georgia" - 5 year old -moved 8/6/08 to new home with her brothers
"Heather"- 3 year old -moved 5/20/08 to a long term foster home
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