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I am a nurse, an adoptive mom, I write because that is the tool with which I touch the world.
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Growing up I had three goals. Work in SE Asia, adopt a child, and write a book. I graduated from nursing school in 1970, went to West Kalimantan, Indonesia in 1976, accumulated five children while I was nursing in a Christian hospital until I lost my visa in 1982, and have parented them long-distance since then. I have 18 grandchildren in Indonesia.
I adopted my first US child as a single parent in 1984 and have since adopted five more, who are now between the ages of 11 and 31. I have had a dozen US foster children and eight foster children from outside the US through "Healing the Children." My 13 year old son died of heart failure in 1996, and in 2000 I started a free monthly newsletter for bereaved families, which now reaches about 250 families in the US and around the world.
I write for the newsletter, I write for myself, I write to share my faith and my incredible journey through life. Will I ever write a book? That still remains to be seen.
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My greatest achievement has been/will be raising my children, both here and abroad, adopted and a few others, to responsible, productive adulthood.
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Contact Information
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Broken Hearts, Living Hope
11040 SW Gaarde St #8
Tigard OR 97224
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Contact Author: Carol A Ranney
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Favorite Links
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Broken hearts, Living Hope
Internet contact point for my free monthly newsletter for bereaved families who have lost children of any age, pre-birth through adult, to any cause.
The Ranneyclan Home Page
Everything you ever wanted to know about the Ranney Clan but never thought of asking.
The Calvin Ranney * Craig Wiesberg Children's Foundation
A foundation for disabled and critically ill children in the Pacific Northwest, started when we met St. Nicholas in person...
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