Dear Dr. Cline,

I met you back in 1984 (at a Hospital) in Oklahoma.

You gave a talk at the residential facility with a group of teenaged foster/adoptive kids. I was a girl who asked you if I could sit on your lap (and you let me!). At that time I was 14/15 years old and all the staff at Shadow Mountain were very surprised that I asked that. My parents had just terminated their parental rights of me after 9 1/2 years of adoption. At that time I was so hungry for love and affection but the only thing I knew to do was to "spaz out" (to get restrained) or to run away and have sex with men I didn't know. You gave me the experience of being held without the "bad" stuff.... I ended up naming one of my stuffed animals after you - "Foster"... I know you have spoken with hundreds, maybe even thousands of teens/kids before and since but you made a huge impact on me. I don't know if you'll read this or if you'd be interested in talking to me... I'm not looking for counseling or anything, just checking in with someone who made a big impact on me.

If you like, you can write me back at this email address. If not, I just wanted to say thank you.

Sincerely,

ST