Authors: Terri Reid
Author’s note:
While I was plotting the adventures for Mary in Book 13, a friend of mine sent
me a Reuter’s article from March 2014 about re-homing. It called to my
attention the underground market where parents use online bulletin boards to
offer adoptees to strangers. I had no idea these practices existed in the
United States, and as I have spoken with friends and family, I find that many
of them have never heard of this practice either. However, when I was
researching this book, I actually found sites that still offered children to
strangers, much like you would offer a puppy or a kitten.
As of early 2014,
there were no Federal laws against re-homing, and according to the article, only
four states (Colorado, Florida, Illinois and Wisconsin) were moving forward
with legislation. This is not fiction. This is a practice that needs to be
halted. Please talk to your government officials to alert them to this
practice. Spread the word that there needs to be other, safer options for
adopted children and their new families when there are adjustment issues. We
can make a difference in a child’s life.
Thank you,
Terri
About
the author:
Terri Reid lives near Freeport, the home of
the Mary O’Reilly Mystery Series, and loves a good ghost story.
She lives in a hundred year-old farmhouse
complete with its own ghost. She loves hearing from her readers at
[email protected]
Other Books by Terri Reid:
Mary O’Reilly Paranormal Mystery
Series:
Treasured
Legacies (Book Twelve)
Mary
O’Reilly Short Stories
PRCD Case Files:
The
Ghosts
Of
New Orleans -A Paranormal Research and
Containment Division Case File
Eochaidh:
Legend of the
Horseman (Book One)