Susan Tom (pictured left), a adult woman from California that adopted xi children amongst diverse disabilities too diseases, addressed a room of Reynolds students this week. Tom too her children are featured inwards the 2003 HBO documentary “My Flesh too Blood.” Following the film, she talked amongst students too answered their questions nearly her determination to possess got inwards children amongst particular needs.
“It was selfish at first. I had ii boys too I wanted a girl,” she said. “I knew the solely agency to ensure that I got a picayune immature lady was to create amount out an application for one.”
Tom too her hubby had ii biological children too ii adopted children. After they divorced, she began taking inwards foster children too worked to aid identify them inwards permanent homes. For any reason, she said, she felt a connectedness to about of those kids.
“With about of them, I simply felt similar they were my kids,” she said.
The HBO documentary was filmed nearly x years ago. Her immature lady Susie passed away prior to the filming too her sons Anthony too Joe possess got since passed away. Since the documentary filming, the Tom menage unit of measurement has too been featured on ABC’s Extreme Home Makeover (see a photos of their finished dwelling hither http://abc.go.com/shows/extreme-makeover-home-edition/photo-details/tom-family/60917).
Tom told students “if y'all meet something that needs changing, too thence alter it…because if non you, too thence who?”JSRCC Literacy Specialist Sidney Jane Sharp (pictured middle) coordinated Tom’s visit. Following the cinema too the discussion, Richmond Volunteers Organizer Tam Evans (pictured right) discussed local volunteer opportunities amongst students. For clips from the documentary, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO9U3ajImLI&feature=related.
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