My Sister-In-Law's sister, Heather is going through one of the most heart wrenching trials and the one obstacle I fear the most. I don't know if any of you have heard her story, but if not, please watch the link and pray for Talon and Heather's family.
I watched the clips on:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6470441&page=1 and http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2008/12/16/cttb.campbell.brown.talon.cnn
This is the e-mail Lori (my sister-in-law) sent me explaining what was going on.
To all those who may be interested:
My sister, Heather Larson, lost her 6-month old adopted son last night to the Ojibwe Indian Tribe after a lengthy court battle. Needless to say, it was devastating to everyone involved. Before Talon was born, the birth mother sought to place her child for adoption and personally chose Heather and Clint as the adoptive parents. 24 hours after he was born, she signed away her rights to Talon and a few days later, Heather and Clint were able to take him home. His birth mother was on drugs so Heather had to nurse this innocent baby through a drug addiction and of course, Heather, Clint and their 7-year-old son Kade bonded with him instantly. Shortly after returning home, the birth mother went to the tribal council and changed her mind. Even though in her repeated phone conversations with Heather she stated that she did not want him back. Regardless, the tribe pursued getting the child back. The tribe has deemed the birth mother unfit and now Talon will be going straight into foster care. He is such a sweet, beautiful baby and this is such a tragedy. They held a rally for him last night and her house and yard were filled completely with people supporting her and her family as Talon was taken by the Indian Tribe. They all sang I Am A Child of God as Heather and Clint carried their baby to the car of the Tribal member. We are all truly heartbroken and sick that this could have happened. Three different news stations ran live footage of the event. If you are interested, you can view the stories at http://www.ksl.com/ ; http://www.kutv.com/ ; and http://www.abc4.com/ . You would be looking for a story with a headline reading something like “South Jordan family loses adoption fight”. There was also a story in the Deseret News about this. Also, if you would like to see pictures or know more about the situation, go to http://www.talonsadoption.blogspot.com/ .
I would like everyone to know that Heather and her family will be on Good Morning America tomorrow morning (Tuesday, 12/16). I don’t know the exact time but if you are interested, please watch. If you or someone you know is looking for a worthwhile cause to contribute to this Christmas, this is it. She is going to continue her fight to get Talon back but has run out of money. Even if she is not able to get Talon back, she is at least going to try to make sure nothing like this happens to anyone else. They have set up a trust fund for Talon that you can donate to and it will go directly to this cause and nothing else. If you are interested, make the check payable to: For The Benefit of Talon Larson
And mail to: Wells Fargo
7869 S. Redwood Rd.
West Jordan, UT 84088
You can also make a donation in Talon’s name at any Wells Fargo branch in the country.
I am sending this to my entire contact list so if you already know all of this, I’m sorry. I would like to also ask that you forward this e-mail to everyone on your contact list. We would like to get this out to as many people as possible. Heather and her family are so appreciative and astounded at the amount of support they have been given. Many thanks to all.
Sincerely,
Lori Phillips
I couldn't stop crying while reading what was happening to her sweet family. I had the chance to spend a day with Heather and her family last summer at Lagoon right after they had gotten Talon. This just makes no sense. They are both such wonderful and loving parents.
