I am fixing a wrong that has persisted for over fifty years.

When I was fourteen years old I was unmarried and pregnant.

In those days I would like to say attitudes were different but in many states we have made no progress.

I was constantly pressured to give my baby up to a good family that could offer her more than I could, ever hope to.

I said no and became an emancipated minor.

I was not treated well in labor and delivery as no doctor would show up. My friend's mother who was an RN delivered her. Just her and I.

The hospital staff refused to give me a room so I was on a gurney in a hall way for a few hours before being sent home.

The hospital disagreed with the full name I chose and changed it before registering her birth. The birth certificate has been wrong all these years even though she has used the name I intended.

Today I hired an attorney to help her to clean this all up.

Now is not a good time to have a name discrepancy.

Finally.

A rose from our garden.