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Adoption Poem by Fleur Conkling Heyliger
Adoption Quotes and Poems

Adoption Poem by Fleur Conkling Heyliger

May 17, 2013 - by 2017-FIA-NEW-SITE

Not flesh of my flesh

Nor bone of my bone,

But still miraculously my own.

Never forget for a single minute,

You didn't grow under my heart

But in it.

- Fleur Conkling Heyliger

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