Editor, Times-Union: I've lived with my biological dad all my life. Then a woman marries my dad and adopts me. We could hardly ever talk to our real mom anymore. Then this whole divorce situation happened between my dad and stepmom. My sister and I told Judge Reed (Rex Reed) that we wanted to live with our dad. He blew me and my sister off and is making us live with our stepmom. What now? If I live with my stepmom, I'll have no contact at all with my real mom. I'm only 14 and it's like someone is saying, "would you like an ulcer with all this pain."
This should not be happening to someone as young as me. Someone should open up Judge Reed's eyes.
Lindsay Smith, 14, Warsaw
Questions Judge
Editor, Times-Union: I'm writing this letter because I'm upset. My dad and my adopted mom (I call her my stepmom) got divorced.
My sister and I both told Judge Reed that we wanted to live with our dad, but he wouldn't listen.
I wish we would get to have our real mom back into our lives. I miss her so much. Dad said it's his fault because he let my stepmom adopt us. He said he wishes he could go back in time and change it and when we're at his house he lets us talk to our real mom. She cries. Now she's really sad because the judge says Dad can't have us either. I saw Dad cry for the first time. I hope we'll be O.K. I love my dad and my real mom. I wish the Judge would get his priorities straight. I can't believe that a Judge (of all people) would force me and my sister to live with our stepmom when we told him we don't want to.
