December 31,1954.......

is a very special day! It is my 2nd,and most important birthday! As we all think of ways to celebrate the coming New Year, I celebrate the day my twin sister and I were adopted by our parents! We were 6 mo. old ..Annette Allen and Janette Allen became Sherrie Ann Redmond and Susan Jan Redmond!!!!! My parents shortened our birth names and called us Ann and Jan..a lovely tribute to the very special woman who gave birth to us and loved us enough to give us a better life . I thank you,Donna Jean Miller..wherever you are! Mom and Dad, I know you are with me every day,watching over me from heaven,Jan..I know you are there too and I feel all of you around me! Thank you Mom and Dad for loving us so much and for giving me a life full of love and support. You provided everything we needed and wanted and more! I can't think of one thing I ever asked for that you didn't do or give. I always knew,no matter what,that I was loved unconditionally ! I may not have been born from your bodies,but I know I was born from your heart..the most special place a child can be!!
Every year,we all celebrated this day..the day I became their daughter! When I began my career as an R.N..there were New Years Eve's that I had to work..but I made sure to see them,hug and kiss them and say thank you for being my parents!
I always felt special.I've never been an adoptee who felt incomplete or questioned who I was..I am the daughter of Ralph and Sybil Redmond..the lukiest daughter in the world!!!!
So, to all my friends I wish you a wonderful New Year..may it bring you all you hope for and more!!!Thank you all for taking the time to visit my blog ..it means more to me than I can express! I have received so much from all of you.

the day my paernts brought us home!!
my paternal grandmother on left holding me,my Mom holding Jan and Miss Finnigan,from the adoption agency.(she attended my wedding! She was part of the start of my life and she was there at the start of my life as a married woman)

xo, Ann