November 14: Gov. Cuomo signs bill giving adopted people in NY their original birth certificates
My daughter (center) with her daughter, my mother and me. My family. |
What a simple statement of fact.
How long it has taken to write those words. For me, nearly a half century.
Many of you already know this because it's been all over Facebook and Twitter and even the eleven o'clock news last night. Yesterday evening when I got the news from my husband--Florence called and she told him--when I was out having tea with a friend not related to this issue. At first, sitting on the couch in our living room, I hardly reacted to his words. I had been assured the signature was coming even though the wait was driving us all nuts, and so now, I thought, Oh, thank god, Cuomo's finally signed the bill.
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