From: Triscelt@aol.com
To: Leonard@oregonfamilyrights.com
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:53 PM
Subject: THIS is what I'm fighting for!!!


Dear Leaonard,

Thanks again for posting to my "Horror Story"; Can you ad-on???

Here is my daughter Rachel's letter to me. It is hard to post because although she is nearly 18,she has the dreams and innocence (soon to be destroyed) of a small and wondering child. This is a heartbreaker. (The spelling is HER's, with her own true grammar and syntaxes.)

Dear Mom,

I miss you alot. how is the house comeing along. how's tim and The cats? I'm doing fine im Just missing you and tim- I'm having bad dreems about Things not working out. I rilly (really) want tocome live with you, but I'm afraid that Becki (foster mom) will not let me go. but I should not worry things will work out like you sead (said).
I'm thinking alot about you and how much I love you. I wrot (wrote) this poime (poem) for you:

My IDOL

My Idol is someone with a gentel (gentle) heart a smle (smile) worth gold a treasured mind that can never be sold.
my idol is also someone who loves her cild (child) unconditionally no mater (matter) what she does.
her love for her child is with an amazing passion so powerful and so content that her love will never go away.
its like a ghost it hants (haunts) you but its not a harmful hant (haunt).
its a warm feeling inside that lets you know that every thing is going to be all right.
have you got the hint thatloving mother is you mom.
you've been thare (there) for me through thick and through thin.
I love you mom and you are my one true friend.

love, your daughter rachel
(the songwrigter-((songwriter))

From my imprisoned child, no commuted sentence for this foster kid in sight!!!!