THESE ARE MY COUSINS. MY AUNT MARRIED AT A VERY YOUNG AGE OF 16 YEARS OLD. SHE MARRIED A MAN WHO DRANK ALOT, IN FACT I WOULD FEEL SAFE IN SAYING HE WAS A DRUNK. HE WAS MEAN TO MY AUNT AND TO THE THREE CHILDREN. MY MOTHER SAYS THAT HE WOULD EVEN TRADE THE BABIES MILK FOR BEER. I HAVE HEARD SOME TERRIBLE STORIES ABOUT HOW THE CHILDREN AND MY AUNT HAD TO DO WITHOUT FOOD. MY MOTHER TELLS ME THAT SHE HAD SEEN THE TWO OLDER OF THE CHILDREN STAND AND BEAT THERE LITTLE FISTS AGAINST THE REFRIDGERATOR BEGGING AND SCREAMING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT BUT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE HOUSE TO FEED THEM. SHE ALSO SAID THAT IF THERE WAS A LITTLE FOOD THAT MY AUNT WOULD TAKE ONE BITE AND DIVIDE THE REST BETWEEN THE CHILDREN. OF COURSE, MY MOM HELPED ALL THAT SHE COULD BUT MY FAMILY WERE NOT RICH AND HAVING TWO SMALL CHILDREN OF THERE OWN THEY COULDN'T DO VERY MUCH. NOW I KNOW THAT MY AUNT WAS NOT COMPLETELY INOSENT IN THE MATTER. MY MOM ALSO TOLD ME THAT DHS OFFERED TO HELP HER ALL THAT THEY COULD IF SHE WOULD ONLY GET AWAY FROM THIS MAN. WELL, LET'S FACE WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES. HER ONLY MISTAKE WAS TO DIVORCE HIM AFTER IT WAS TO LATE.
NOW THERE WERE THREE CHILDREN. GLENN WAS THE OLDEST OF THE CHILDREN AT THE TIME THEY WERE TAKEN HE WAS ABOUT 5 YEARS OLD. LAURA ANN WAS NEXT AND SHE WAS ABOUT 3 YEARS OLD. THEN THERE WAS LINDA WHO WAS ONLY A BABY, ONLY A FEW WEEKS OLD. LINDA HAD VERY DISTINCTIVE BIRTH MARKS THAT LOOKED LIKE REALLY RIPE STRAWBERRIES. ONE WAS ON HER BEHIND AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN HER FRONT HAIRLINE
AFTER THEY WERE FIRST TAKEN AWAY THE PARENTS WERE ALLOWED TO VISIT THE CHILDREN IN THEIR FOSTER HOME. THIS WAS ENDED WHEN THE FATHER TRIED TO TAKE THEM FROM THERE FOSTER HOME.
WE HOPE THAT THEY WERE ADOPTED AS A GROUP. BEING ALLOWED TO GROW UP TOGETHER. MY AUNT WHO'S NAME IS RUBY MYERS THEN RUBY ANDERSON GOT THE IDEA THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY A DR. WHO LIVED IN GREENVILLE TN.
WE DO NOT WISH TO INTERFERE IN THEIR LIVES. WE ONLY WANT THEM TO KNOW WHERE THEY ARE AND HOW THEY ARE DOING. THEY PROBABLY HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN THAT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO MEET.
THE ENTIRE FAMILY MISSES THEM. I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH I CAN ONLY VAUGELY REMEMBER THEM THAT THERE IS AN EMPTY PLACE IN MY HEART THAT ONLY THEY CAN FILL.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS WE ALL THINK OF THEM EVERY DAY. WE WOULD LIKE SHOWER THEM WITH LOVE. I WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO MEET MY CHILDREN. IF THEY HAVE CHILDREN THEN OUR CHILDREN COULD GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER. MY CHILDREN ARE ALMOST GROWN THEMSELVES SOON THEY WILL HAVE CHILDREN OF THEIR OWN.
I KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS A CHILD I ENJOYED FAMILY GET TOGETHERS AND PLAYING WITH MY COUSINS. THIS WAS A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE THAT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
