Kathryn Sommer

Hello everyone , I pray all is well during this pandemic. I would like to introduce myself, my birth name was Brenda Joyce Hopkins, I am now known as Kathryn Louise Sommer, adopted name . I am 56 yrs of age ,and I was placed at Depelchin ,I assume at the faith home off Shepard . This event happened in 1964-65. There were four of us siblings. My older brother and then me and a younger brother and an infant sister. Our mother placed us in foster care and was told to come back in two weeks . So in that two weeks ,she manage get a couple of pay check in her pocket and found all of us a lil apt. Oh did I forget to mention that my bio father had been put in prison for stealing payroll checks while his boss was out of town . So when our mother came back to retrieve myself and my siblings, Depelchin told her no and that we all were up for adoption, basically to go away she no longer has rights to us . I can't even imagine this . So she went on with her life the best she could broken hearted . Let me say this also she had very little education . Did not read well not write anything but her name . Now to the ugly parts that Depelchin never speaks on, in any arrival that has ever been done on them. My older brother I spoke on earlier in this post , was 5 yrs old at this time . Once we ,were there the separated the boys from us girls . But close enough for ear shot. He could hear us crying and calling for our mom and him , so he kept telling who ever was in charge of him that he need to go see about little sister and myself. And of course they refused him , and so he fought them physically. So their answer to this behavior was shock treatment. He resisted for so long they fried his brain . He is now 58 with the mind of a 3-4 yr. old. He has several Grand mall seziures a day. We know these facts because they admitted what they did to his adopted parents . And we have found him many yrs ago ,in this condition . His adopted parents have passed on now, but he has a wonderful sister that loves him as we do. He is my hero and always will be . Now they also did this to me ,but my memories were erased ,I guess easier. I want a mother of 5 daughters and I have 16 grands and 1 great grandson. I have raised and hello raise many of mine from birth. And right now I have a 4 yr old grandson,and I know if u took him away from all of his family he would remember his name his Mama's name ,well u get what I am saying. Now the two younger ones ,ok they were so young that they naturally would remember. I have an great photographic memory now , but I can't remember anything before the day that I literally,was brought to an office and the lady said Kathryn these are ur new parents and ur lil brother , another child they had adopted prier to me but I was 17 months older. They also placed of with a couple that divorced with in 2 yrs of my adoption. Our adopted father, let us both know that he only agreed to the adoptins to shut up my mother . He never wanted children really. But don't get me wrong he did come to live us both very much. Now our adopted mother had juvenile diabetes that was never under control. Also diagnosed manic depression, Wich is now know as bio- polar , schedule 1. 2 suicide attempts that us two children found her ,all this before elementary school had completed. I apologise for the lenghth. And there is so much more . I am not here to bash Depelchin, I'm sure they were doing their best for the times . I just wonder how many others like us were done that way. God bless everyone . And everyone please stay safe out there . If anyone has any ?, Please feel free to contact me at nanakbubbles02@yahoo.com peace and love , Kathryn