What mattered to us was that a beautiful pathway to building a family opened up to us and brought two amazing girls into our lives. Over the years I heard some crazy and rather painful comments about “real moms” from people who didn’t understand why we did what we did. But she said, “Some just didn’t get it and that hurts.” My daughter shared a bit about her experience since was adopted internationally, becoming part of our family as a 3-year-old. Someone in the class described adoption as a “last resort” that no one really wants, just accepts. Her class was talking about pregnancy and childbirth and the conversation turned to the topic of adoption and the feelings of the parents involved at the time of birth. I had a long talk with my oldest daughter last week who is currently enrolled in a nursing program. Advocates say that for children who don’t have one or both parents it can be painful when so much focus is on what they don’t have. We have seen movements try to do away with acknowledging Mother’s and Father’s Day. She feels left out because she doesn’t have a mom. The Peanuts gang is excited about celebrating Mother’s Day-everyone but Patty. What happened to her mother was never explained, but fans speculate she passed away, since Schulz lost his own mother when he was in his teens.Ī new TV special premiering this weekend will feature some of Peppermint Patty’s story. Then it is revealed that Patty didn’t have a mother, which makes keeping her dad’s gift close at hand…or at least on her feet…all the more poignant. The sandals are a gift from her dad and Patty cries at the thought of giving them up because they mean so much to her. The storyline got its beginning when Patty is called into the school office and told she can’t wear her iconic sandals because they violate the dress code. Patty has never been the centre of attention in a TV special, but that is about to change, thanks to a development that happened 50 years ago. Schulz who he named after noticing a dish of peppermint patties and felt it was too good a name to pass up. The character was inspired by a favorite cousin of Charles M. Did I mention her insistence on open-toed sandals? She is less philosophical than her friends and tends to get caught up in the smaller things of life. Patty (whose full name by the way is Patricia Reichardt), is a bit of a tomboy who always wears open-toed sandals. The last few weeks though, I’ve been in rehearsal with a great cast getting ready for Equinox Theatre’s production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, where I play Peppermint Patty. I said yes, and when it comes to live theatre I’ve been at the piano pretty much ever since. But the director asked if I would be interested in playing the piano for scene transitions and mood music. The following year I was bested by a girl named Kathleen during auditions and she got the role I wanted. I was in a couple of those including playing a charwoman in A Christmas Carol. A bunch of us were dressed up as various fruits and vegetables urging the lead character to chose us for his grocery store.īy high school the productions were bigger and involved the entire school, not just individual classrooms. When I was a little girl I loved taking part in school plays.
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