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The rest "were not help-
ful," Ms. Waterstone says
tersely. "We've been working
on this since last January,
and the only thing we've
come up against is a brick
wall.
A key responsibility of
Mrs. Waterstone's with the
new Jessica DeBoer
Committee has been helping
handle the mail — and
there's plenty of it. In the
past year, it has poured in at
a rate of more than 2,500
pieces a month, "and we're
answering every one."
Some come from psycholo-
gists; some are from single
men; some are from adoptive
parents. A recent collection
— a good 10" high — sits on
Ms. Waterstone's dining
room table amid issues of
Parents magazine and a
recent New Yorker article on
the DeBoer case.
"I'm saddened and angered
beyond words," begins one
letter. Another writer speaks
of "intense pain." A third
letter was written by a moth-
er whose eldest son was
killed by a drunk driver
and who was forced to give
up her adopted baby
months after he had been in
her home; the biological
mother had changed her
mind.
One letter of the 30,000
received was in support of
the Schmidts.
Mrs. Waterstone, who is
herself adopted, and other
members of the committee
recognize that cases that
catch public attention come
and — usually very quickly
— go. Part of their plan for
keeping this campaign alive
is by creating visual
reminders.
Mrs. Waterstone's car —
"you can't miss it" — is plas-
tered with Jessica DeBoer
Committee bumper stickers.
Committee members
are never fully dressed with-
out their multicolored rib-
bons, showing support for
the rights of custodial par-
ents.
"It isn't just that Jessi was
taken from her parents,"
Mrs. Waterstone says of
her determination to keep
with the issue. "She also
was ripped from aunts and
uncles and from a large, lov-
ing, close-knit family.
"One of the things she
loved to do was go to the
farmer's market in Ann
Arbor. And she loved the
park. Now, everything Jessi
knows, her whole being,
everything the DeBoers gave
her, is being taken away.
"Until the laws are
changed, children don't have
a voice in this country." E

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