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Welcome to the world of Garry White.
It’s a weekday world of scholarly pursuits at a medium-sized central Texas university, full of teaching, writing, and counseling of students. On the weekends it’s a world of tubing down a pristine river that flows directly through his backyard. There are also caves to explore and friends and family (he’s a twin) to spend time with. He has worked with the Boy Scouts at a youth correctional faculty and was a single foster parent and a member of the Kiwanis Club. He has led several groups on hikes across the Grand Canyon and is a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) for children in foster care.
But it’s also a world of anger, sadness, and frustration. Garry White has been trying for the past thirty years to be a single adoptive father. It is the one life goal he has set for himself that he has not attained. That’s not to say he hasn’t tried. He has battled governmental bureaucracy and mindless stereotyping almost from the minute he decided to become an adoptive parent.
You’ll find out that it is not enough to have a good career and be a highly motivated man who has jumped through every hoop set out for him by both governmental and private agencies yet has been consistently turned down in his quest to adopt. At the age of fifty-nine, his chances for an adoption are rapidly dwindling, but as he will be quick to tell you: “I will have the satisfaction of never giving up, just like a true, loving dad.”
In addition to baring his soul in the most painful of ways, Garry also provides valuable information for those who are in similar fights to become adoptive parents.
Get ready for a rough ride through the world of Garry White.
Kevin Kerrigan, newspaper editor and visiting journalism professor for the University of Texas-Austin.
On December 7, 2009, “Great Day SA” morning TV show (KENS TV ch 5, San Antonio, TX) interviewed Garry White about about his book. You can view the clip at:
http://www.kens5.com/great-day-sa/Struggling-to-Adopt-78694432.html