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Thread On Arrival — Arriving Next Week!
Lea Wait here, looking forward to the April 30 publication date for the 8th in my Mainely Needlepoint series. (With thanks to everyone who’s followed Angie Curtis and her friends in Haven Harbor, Maine! Without readers … there would be … Continue reading
Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged adoption, foster care, Haven Harbor, Lea Wait, Shadows on a Morning in Maine, Thread on Arrival
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How I Smuggled Drugs into Calcutta
Lea Wait, here. And, yes, I did that. Do note: although they were illegal for me to bring with me, the drugs included aspirin, vitamins, medications for scabies and other skin infections, and antibiotics. I also took children’s tape recorders, incubator parts, balloons, hair … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Bombay, Calcutta, drugs, India, Mombai, smuggler
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“What Am I Really Writing About?”
Lea Wait, here, thinking about personal passions and interests and how they can become themes, in life and in writing. As a child I was fascinated by books (often set in the nineteenth century) about orphans who found caring homes. … Continue reading
Posted in Lea's Posts
Tagged adoption, Finest Kind, Lea Wait, themes in writing, Tightening the Threads
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Fifteen Things You Probably Don’t Know About Me
Lea Wait, here, taking deep breaths after two weeks on the road … and more than two weeks of major computer problems that resulted in my not being on line and therefore not receiving (or answering) emails. (Who has telephone numbers for … Continue reading
Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged adoption, chocolate, Dick Cavett, improvisational theatre, Johnny Carson, Louisa May Alcott, Rodney Dangerfield, secrets, Sidecars
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Adoption: One of my Daughters’ Story
Lea Wait, here. In honor of National Adoption Month, I thought I’d share the story of one of my daughters, and how 1985 changed both our lives. In 1985 I was single, living in New Jersey and working at AT&T. I had three daughters. … Continue reading
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Tagged adoption, Calcutta, India, older child adoption, single parent adoption, WACAP
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