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Tag Archives: single parent adoption
Eider Ducks and Me
Lea Wait, here. As many of you know, I was single most of my life, and in my early thirties I adopted four daughters. I was thrilled to be able to adopt older children, especially girls, but being a single … Continue reading
Posted in Lea's Posts, Uncategorized
Tagged coast of Maine, eider ducks, Lea Wait, personal symbols, single parent adoption
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Maggie and Me: Same or Different?
There’s a game children play with either pictures or words: which things are the same? Which are different? (Table. Dog. Mouse. Cheese. Which is different?) More advanced versions appear on SAT tests. My kids and I sometimes played that game at the dinner table. (Yes: I was … Continue reading
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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Getting to Know Lea Wait
Jim Hayman: Mystery readers know Lea Wait as (perhaps?) the alter ego of Maggie Summer, the protagonist of Lea’s 5-book Shadows Antique Print Mystery Series, the most recent of which is Shadows of a Down East Summer. Maggie has an … Continue reading
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Tagged Agatha, AT&T, Banned in Boston, Bernardsville, Boston, Chatham College, Dry Sack, Glen Ridge, Greenwich Village, Lady Chatterly's Lover, Lea Wait, Maggie Summer, New Jersey, New York Foundling Hospital, New York University, Prouts Neck, Scarborough, Scribner, Shadows Antique Print Mystery, Shadows at the Fair, Shadows of a Down East Summer, Simon & Schuster, single parent adoption, Somerset County, Stopping to Home, Winslow Homer, Wiscasset, World Trade Center
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