Children

Life and Death Matters Before Us

The letter is so deeply resolute: a parent

courageously laying down his life for a real, and yet

unborn, child. In this book we deal with quite the

opposite: the issue of parents needing to live for, and/or

with, their yet unborn children.

I have always believed that special kids and

special parents were meant to get together. This is an

astounding list of "Who's Who" of adoptive parents, not

to mention millions of others who, although not famous,

have lovingly assumed that surrogate role with dignity

and stewardship:

actress Nell Carter .. . actor Ted Danson ...

actress Jamie Lee Curtis .. . actors Tom

Cruise and Nicole Kidman ... actress Michele

Pfeiffer ... singer Pearl Bailey ... actor Paul

Newman ... actors Roy Rogers and Dale

Evans ... columnist Estelle Parsons ...

humorist Art Buchwald ... baseball player

Willie Mays ... actress Gloria Swanson ...

Hedy Lamarr ... actor Bob and Dorothy Hope

... Joan Fontaine ... actress Bette Davis .. .

actress Helen Hayes ... actress Eve Arden .. .

actor Henry Fonda ... actor George Burns .. .

actors Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson .. .

Senator Lloyd Bentson ... Congressman

James Oberstar ... Senator Paul Simon ...

Senator Larry Craig .. . clothing designer

Oscar de la Renta ... actor Sammy Davis, Jr.

... entrepreneur John DeLorean ... actress

Mia Farrow ... singer John Denver ... actor Ed

McMahon ... actor Carrol O'Conner ... actress