On Sat, 25 Dec 1999, Michael Davidson wrote:

> Two days ago my wife Belinda mentioned she was going to meet a second time a
> teenage couple who we had met who were about to have a baby and were to make
> a long story short; giving it up for adoption; when we last left off  the
> adoption was off she would notifiey me at deer camp if there was any change .
[...]
> I limped my way back to deer camp and found the handwritten note
> on the tent flap; It's a Girl...6lbs 15 oz  Mary Stewart Davidson was born
> Winter Solstice (full sun) under a full moon.....come home   quick......your
> a  father
> .....Needless to say I'm devastated and delighted and feel blessed....Mother
> and Baby Mary doing well......Best Michael

Belated congratulations!

In our case, back in the summer of '98, the arrangements were made before
the birth, but it was all happening in the midst of my campaign for state
legislature.  The birth mother called to say she thought she might be
having labor pains, and Janice went out to pick her up and take her to the
hospital.  I followed a bit later, but was stuck in traffic for some time
in the construction zone on M-14.  Meanwhile, birth happened fast.  By the
time I got to the "birthing room", they were already washing the baby
girl.

Sarah Gertrude Shirley Kestenbaum (that's one given name each from
Janice's family, my family, the birth mother's family), or "SGSK", is 17
months old now.  She is happy and exuberant and very social and adds to
her legions of fans wherever she goes.

Michael, if you own a television set, you're going to get to know a
different Fab Four -- I'm speaking of Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa Laa, and Po.
Sarah is such a big fan of theirs that she gets excited when she sees the
FBI warning on the video.

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Lawrence Kestenbaum, [log in to unmask]
The Big Green Dome, http://www.pbs.org/teletubbies/