This is what my daughter
gave me for Mother's Day!!
It is the Greatest Gift I could ever receive.

She applied for this award at
The Perkins Family Home Page

I received the award via email today,
May 9, 1998.

The following is what she wrote that
won the award for me.

Nominated: Joan Stucky By: Marni Dick
My mother is the greatest ever,
which I'm sure that others think their mom
is as well, well all moms are the best thing
the good Lord has created. My mom
stands out from the rest because of the
great work she is doing with a simple
communication device we call a computer.
She joined a find Me adoption registry to
help adoptees and birth mom/dad join
once again. She has done this because
I think in her process of helping me find
my birth family and helping me deal
with all the emotions of finding them it
has directed her to help others in this
process. It is a very emotional time
to find birth families after years of not
knowing who you are or where you come
from, to one day have all the puzzle pieces
come together is the best feeling in the
world, besides knowing Jesus. Well my
mother volunteers to do this everyday of
her life she tries to help match people,
with getting nothing in return but a great
big thank you, or listens to people say
they never wanted to be found, whic! h is
not always the case. Well since me and
my mother have been through A LOT of
emotions together and she has been my
shoulder to cry on in dealing with rejection,
we help others who are going through the
samethings and need someone to listen too.
She gives adoptees my e-mail address
and lets them know what I've been through
and lets them know they have someone to
talk to. Then she can help people with
what a adoptive mother feels when their
son/daughter searches for their biological
family. My mother is the best that any child
could possibly have. She is my mother and
my best friend I can tell her anything, and
she will always help me out. She also does
this for other people as well regardless
if they are family or not if you need help she
will try her best to help ya in any way, shape,
or form. Even though I have found my
biological family, God sent me one mother
and that is my Mother Joan Stucky. She
always told me and my brother while
growing up we were God sent a! nd I
believe her with all my heart this was
Gods plan for me and my brother. If you
have never met my mother well one day
I hope you do because she will bless you
as much as she has blessed me with love,
kindness, and joy. I hope you can
experience this from her.
I LOVE YOU MOM!!!!

I want to say here that I had no idea what she
wrote until I got the email telling me of this
award. I did know that she had applied for
the award but until I received the email I did
not know what she had written.
Also please know that I did not even correct
any typo type errors. This is exactly what
she wrote.

That is why I say that this is better than any
gift money could buy.
Marni, THANK YOU AND I LOVE YOU
WITH ALL MY HEART.
MOM