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Letters From Ann Landers Spark Adoptions and Family Help
A reader recounts a 1995 note that led to a Russian adoption of a girl named Valla, praising Small World Adoption Foundation for enabling dozens of foreign adoptions. Other letters discuss caring for an aging mother’s needs, and a reader sharing success with a rubber-band habit cue to stop nail picking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Landers
Bea McGraw
Russia
Bea
Valla
Small World Adoption Foundation
St. Louis
Small World
Ann
Jim
Charlotte
Valla Mielziner
St. Charles
Mom
Daughter
M.A
Ithaca
N.Y