How Michael Reagan Says God Gave Him A Second Adoption

Long before he entered politics Ronald Reagan was an actor working with Warner Brothers. He was married to actress Jane Wyman. In 1945 they adopted a baby boy named Michael.

Over the next few years young Michael Reagan faced life-altering challenges – his parents divorced, he was sexually abused by a camp counselor, and he felt abandoned not just by his parents but by God.

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But as he wrote in his 2004 book Twice Adopted, God gave him a second chance and his life turned around. A happy marriage, And success as an actor comedy writer and radio talk show host.

I met with Mike Reagan in the fall of 2004, just a few months after his adoptive father’s death, to talk about the book.

So here now, from 2004, Michael Reagan.

Michael Reagan is 80 now. He and his wife have been married for 50 years.

Suzanne Somers: From Laughter to Healing

WARNING: You’re about to listen to true stories of abuse, some of it sexual in nature. Some of the descriptions are graphic, and may be disturbing.

For many years actress Suzanne Somers kept us laughing. A talented comedic actress, she also knew how to leverage her blonde good looks for a laugh.

But until she wrote a memoir in the late 1980s, few people knew the truth about the abusive childhood she had endured. An alcoholic father made her life miserable, and she said in that memoir that laughter is what got her through.

A few years later, she followed up with another book, helping others confront and deal with their own painful childhood memories. That book was called Wednesdays Children.

I had interviewed Suzanne once before, but only by telephone. This was our first face to face meeting. So here now, from 1993, Suzanne Somers.

Suzanne Somers was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000, but recovered. However the cancer returned earlier this year and Suzanne died last month one day before her 77th birthday.


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