"Perched on her hospital bed, a blue plastic cross hanging from her neck, White tells of a life of hardship. She had her first baby at age 15, and by 18 she had four children. All four were taken by the state and put up for adoption, she says, although several were reunited with her when they became adults. Another three of her children were put up for adoption in later years. Asked about the seven who were adopted, White struggled to match names and ages, finally shaking her head sadly.
''I got so many children it's a doggone shame," she said."
Maybe those adopted children are doing well now.
(My husband often can't remember our children's middle names or birthdates, and he's been here the whole time :-).