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From Brushstrokes to Parenthood: Artist Marina Cruz Changes the Adoption Narrative One Painting at a Time
“Not of my flesh, nor of my bone, but still miraculously my own,” wrote Fleur Conkling Heyliger, a 1950s author of children’s books. For adopted children, materials like books are