When I was very little I lost my family and I had to have a brief stay in an orphanage. Then I spent a year in the home of The Reverend Father and his family. The Church took good care of me until the Government could find me a wonderful home. I was the ward of The United States Government and they took very good care of me. Then my new parents would be found, both who had strong family values and I was brought up in the Baptist Church. My new father, Orville was a Sergeant Major in The United States Army during World War ll and his troops guarded President Roosevelt, when the President visited Panama. Dad was an engineer and owned a business, real estate, condos and a beautiful eight bedroom two story house on an estate with a nice swimming pool and a farm. He enjoyed working in the garden and growing beautiful roses. We had plum trees, walnut trees, apple trees, grape orchard, dogwood trees and a huge vegetable garden. Dad was a Freemason. My new mother was an Eastern Star which is part of the Freemasons. My mother, Dorothy's ancestor was President Andrew Jackson. She worked in the atomic plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and she helped to create the first atomic bomb that ended World War ll and put an end to Hitler. She met Albert Einstein years before I was born. I had a good wholesome upbringing with good family values. My mother was a wonderful cook who taught me how to cook delicious French foods. During a long childhood illness, she never left my side and while bedridden with private teachers she would read me the Bible. She made made all my beautiful clothes and sweaters, she also made my dolls clothes. But, my favorite doll was the one The Reverend Father and the Church gave to me when I left them. It was getting old, but, mother fixed the doll up and made her some new clothes too. I will always remember mother for that and how hard she worked. She encouraged me to get to know The Royal Family when they contacted me in 1997 with an invitation to come to England. Mother gave me 12 years of piano and music and encourage me to pursue my dreams, she and father were good parents. I am glad they adopted me. They always had parties for me that would appear in the newspapers. A wonderful movie called ANNIE starring Aileen Quinn, Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, Bernadette Peters, Tim Curry, Ann Reinking and directed by John Huston is a wonderful for young and old alike, where little Annie is adopted by Daddy Warbucks, in this delightful 1982 motion picture that takes place in 1930s New York. It gives hope that little children can find a good home with people that truly love them. ANNIE is an excellent motion picture!
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