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title: "2 Birth mother Quotes By Janet Louise Stephenson"
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> [“I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to read. To have a birth mother die before getting any closure or answers seemed like it would be a cruel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/i-originally-feared-she-might-be-dead-which-felt-like-a-sealed-book/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

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> [“Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would be my reality. He never talked poorly about our mother, but he was as honest and sincere as he could be. In a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/listening-to-eddy-describe-his-relationship-with-our-mom-seemed-to/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

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## More by Janet Louise Stephenson

> [“I originally feared she might be dead, which felt like a sealed book that I would never be able to read. To have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/i-originally-feared-she-might-be-dead-which-felt-like-a-sealed-book/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

> [“Listening to Eddy describe his relationship with our mom seemed to indicate that what I feared would be my reality. He never talked poorly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/listening-to-eddy-describe-his-relationship-with-our-mom-seemed-to/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

> [“There are times in every person’s life when they feel lonely, isolated, like maybe they don’t belong. For adoptees, this is often exacerbated by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/there-are-times-in-every-person-s-life-when-they-feel-lonely-isolated/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

> [“I understood that it was time to quit postponing the embracing of my own potential. There was nothing more I needed to do to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-louise-stephenson/i-understood-that-it-was-time-to-quit-postponing-the-embracing-of-my/)

Janet Louise Stephenson

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