Christy Ann Stone... that's what I named you when you were born. I got to

hold and feel your warmth one time before you were taken from me. I want

to tell you about our beginnings and my search for you.

I was in the Salvation Army Unwed Mother's Home in Tulsa, OK in 1965.

My labor record number at the St. John's Hospital was 4064 and I had to

use an alias of Betty Sanders. If I had known that your adoption was going

to be closed and sealed I wouldn't have given you up. I would have managed

somehow even without a family to turn to. I came from a very abusive and

emotionally sick family that was very secretive. My mother told neighbors

and family that I was visiting my aunt in Chicago. The truth really was that

I was at the Salvation Army Home for 6 months until my mother came to

pick me up. I had just turned 18 before you were born in August. My

Birthdate is July 22, 1947. I completed High School when I was 16. When

the other girls' parents came to see them on weekends, mine were not there.

It's a long story and I pray that I will be able to tell you about it someday.

I've been through a lot of counseling over my relinquishment over several

years and I have settled issues from the past with my family, even though I

do not have a relationship with them. You were born on August 19th, 1965

at 1:14 am at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, OK. You weighed 8 lbs. 2 oz.

and were 21" long. You were the most beautiful baby in the world! When

the time came to let you go, I vowed that it wouldn't be the last time we had

together, that someday I would find you. 15 years ago I was emotionally

ready to start searching for you.

My maiden name remains in the Dallas phone book where I have lived since

1973. I have also put my maiden name in the Oklahoma City Phone book

under Bonnie Lee Stone.

I am on the Oklahoma Mutual Consent Voluntary Registry. My file number

is 99-1210 and I have been placed in their Reunion Registry. I am supposed

to be notified by a Confidential Intermediary if you are trying to find me

through them.

I also registered with ISRR in Carson City, Nevada and was put on their

National Registry. The Salvation Army Un-Wed Mother's Home had to

close their homes in the early 70s due to lack of funds. I went back to the

home where I was staying at hoping to find out some information, but the

home was gone!

I was so alone and frightened back then. I didn't know what to do. I am so

thankful for the Salvation Army for harboring me. I had no family or friends

to turn to.

Christy Ann, I would give anything to know that you are all right and were

placed with a loving Christian family. I need to fill this empty space in my

heart that has been there since 1965. I will not intrude in your life if you

don't want me to. I just want to know that you had a good life and are

healthy. I pray you had a wonderful Christian family that raised you. That

you were loved and that you loved them. You are in my heart, my prayers

and my thoughts every day, Christy.

You have two half sisters that would love to meet you and share their love

with you. I have been married to a wonderful man for 34 years, who is very

supportive of me finding you and he also would love to share his love with

you.

I will always love you. I will Never give up searching for you!

You were my first birth daughter!

I FOUND MY BIRTHDAUGHTER

ON OCTOBER 12, 2000

HER NAME IS JENNY!