Dear Ann: ‘Twelve years ag wir te to naire ‘exprassing {ny feelings about being an adopted child. ° ‘Now. that | have completed my master’s degree, | am writing again, and | hope you will publish this ‘letter to my ‘‘natural’’ mother.

“Dear ‘Mom':

| now have completed my master’s degree In education, ind I’m not sure where tha. paar wll a Will t take, me — — but I do now that # will make it | es,

“Twenty-four years ago'you aie the ategingth and bourage to put yourself out:df my life. Me gave me the Dpportunity to grow up wil ing family. How lucky | was to be pl er, home. | ave been reared: with pie banding.

“With every birthday, tha bomewhere wondering if Merhapp ind of a person | became. M preat. | have met.so many tovir f

_ have been blessed with sonia: i lhink that being an adopted gave. me epost insight

at:you are out there 1m safe and what

into the emotional needs of

“There is a recent craze'f Nsdopted children to seek ut thelr natural parents and confront them. Please don't worry about me doing such a thing. Your secret Is safe. | wonder If these children realize how much heartache hey can cause. ° * **You are a wonderful person for having given me lhe. chance to have such a beautiful start In life, Mom. “When you are walking down the street and happen fo glance at a brown-haired young woman who looks a fittle Ike you — or maybe my father, whoever he may be + just smite, knowing that | am truly happy and that you ave & special Place In my-heart. — Your Daughter Dear Daughter: What a lovely tribute to every mother who gave up her child for adoption. Bless you for writing jhat beautiful letter.

Dear Ann Landers: Our 18-year-old daughter has a lovely lace and a very good figure. She is a fine student and a Sood musician as well. But the girl Is just plaln miserable because she thinks her nose Is too big and she wants to. jave plastic surgery. Her father and | are against it. Actually, her nose is not unattractive. It has a lot of

female celebrities in the arts, journalism or business who Nave succeeded even though’ thelr noses were a bit larger Zhan usual. Thank you. .— Huntington, W. Va. Dear Hunting: It wouldn't help. the only nose your. daughter Is interested In Is her own. If she feels her nose -3s ruining her looks, | hope you will fet her have her way. 2the best method for selecting a plastic surgeon Is by asking to see the results of his work on former patients. Dear Ann Landers: A reader who signed himself ‘Ye Ol' zabeler’’ asked what one calls a marcled woman's boyfriend. What he was looking for was the male counterpart of ‘‘mistress.’’ You didn’t know. ©

The word is ‘‘paramour."’ It. describes a male or jemale lover. — Avid Baltimore Fan pear Avid: Right you are! How could | have been so jum :

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By PASTOR DIRK ZINNER Seventh-day Adventist Church

Our word ‘January comes from Janus, a Latin pagan deity represented as having two faces: one looking forward and the other back- ward,

Looking back, we dis- cover that, we failed to do many things we should have done; so to balance our ac- count, we make resolutions, which are good only when they are kept.

We have heard the old saying, “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” The secret of success is found not in the habit of making resolutions about failures, shortcomings, or sins, but in one supreme purpose to serve. God. (see Matthew 6:33)

What are your purposes and priorities for 1980? Just ask yourself where your em- phasis is, That can be quickly determined by recognizing where or how you spend your time as well as by realizing what you talk about most during the day. Do your activities and conversations include God? How much? If

"you want to be a Christian

and you only spend a small amount of time being a Christian (such as an oc- easional or weekly church at- tendance), your Christianity will for all practical purposes

be void of the real essence of - Christianity. Genuine Chris-

tianity is based on a daily meaningful relationship with

Looking forward in 1980 we can gaze as Moses did over the desert road to the Promised Land. With him, our prayer should be, “If thy

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presence go not with me, carry us not up hence.” The answer to this earnest heart, appeal is, “Lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.” (Matthew 28:20).

Today. you will open a

new chapter in life's book.

Day by day your words, your actions, your deeds, are being recorded. How the chapter ends lies with you individually, Tho year 1980 will bring many new op- portunities. These must’ be grasped when they come to you, lest they. slip away never to return. Old op- portunities may not be re-.

peated. ; ‘The chances of “ite will’ open anew. ‘What will you do with them?

Tho secret’ of’a Lae new year lies.

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God.. The opening Words of the Bible’ give ~ the: right beginning of time, and ‘of all times: “In the beginning,God +>” Can you add your nhme:

- In the beginning of 1980. God

and you... .? The God’ that. the Bible

day. Will you not therefore resolve to. make ‘ ‘this your

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