Dear Abby: You recently printed a letter from "Marylou in Houston" about the pain of placing a child for adoption. When I went through this experience, I wrote a poem. You have my permission to print it if you think it will help others to understand the roller-coaster emotions a birth mother goes through making this decision.

--LISA BOTE-PHILLIPS, ALASKA

Dear Lisa: I certainly do think it will help. Abby

 
On the Wings of a Prayer


      
I set you free on the wings of a prayer 
To fly through life in His tender care, 
You're free from the nest and the ties that are bound 
Free from the pressures I carry around. 
If I kept you, I'd only be cutting your wings, 
Not offering the chance a true family brings. 
The decision I made has my heart torn in two, 
But I know what I'm doing is the best thing for you. 
The sky is so vast, the mountains so high 
Take wing and remember: 
I Love You. 
Goodbye

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