Jackie Lantry
Jackie Lantry, who contributed “Power of Love to Transform and Heal” to NPR’s This I Believe program, is a part-time hospital clerk in Rehoboth, Mass. She and her husband have adopted two girls and two boys from China.
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The Power of Love to Transform and Heal
- By: Jackie Lantry
- Narrator: Jackie Lantry
- Length: 4 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: October 03, 2006
- Language: English
Jackie Lantry describes meeting her adopted Chinese son for the first time in “The Power of Love to Transform and to Heal,” her contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.
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