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[Photograph 2012.201.B0999.0195]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Joyce Palma, adoptive mother of 6-year-old C. J., Touch of Love Ministry, with friends Ruth Durbin and Gina Parrish."
Date: October 20, 1994
Creator: Sisney, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0999.0196]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Joyce Palma watches her adopted son C. J. enjoy a newly learned pastime - riding a bicycle. (He has been learning to walk, run, and even bicycle with new prosthetics provided by a local specialist. Bicycle provided by the Phil Donohue Show!) The 6-year-old amputee was born with eight different drugs in his system, and had to have legs amputated at 6 months, then his mother abandoned him."
Date: December 22, 1994
Creator: Hellstern, Paul
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0999.0194]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "6-year-old C. J. sits on the lap of his adoptive mother, Joyce Palma, who started raising the boy after his imprisoned mother abandoned him. C. J.'s legs were amputated when he was 6 months old because of deformities. (Touch of Love Ministry)"
Date: October 20, 1994
Creator: Sisney, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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