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This is a picture of myself [left, standing] and my daughter Amanda (who I relinquished at birth in April 1979) with her adoptive parents [standing], and my mother.
~ K.P.
Archive for the ‘Children of White Shield’ Category
Meet Me for Lunch
Posted in 1970's, Children of White Shield, Mothers of White Shield, Reunions on February 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Cod Liver Oil & Orange Juice
Posted in 1930's, Children of White Shield, Returning to White Shield on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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I believe I was kept at the Home longer than any other: I stayed there until I was 17 months old. Why I was never adopted out I will never know, but I stayed there in that nursery for nearly a year and a half; until my birth-family finally took me home.
The Salvation Army sent [...]
Salvation
Posted in 1960's, Children of White Shield, Returning to White Shield on February 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
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I’ve lived in the Portland area all my life and I know my way around this town. I grew up on the eastside in the Roseway neighborhood, went to college on the Bluff above the St. John’s slough, and then moved westside to the suburbs in my early twenty’s; in the last four decades, I’ve [...]
Our Stories
If the path of your life passed through the doors of the White Shield Home, as mine did, you have a story to tell. Whether you were a birth-mother or a White Shield child, a Guild member or a social worker – your story is the story of White Shield.
Read our stories.
Then tell yours.-
