tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post8524354579607448187..comments2011-10-03T15:24:40.864-07:00Heather Schadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535502003333457420noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-87239499901502439352011-10-02T21:05:21.091-07:002011-10-02T21:05:21.091-07:00Thanks for saying &quot;You can confront the darker stuff in adoption (loss, regret, need for reform, etc.) and still be optimistic about adoption as a whole.&quot; I feel like this is where I fit in (before I ever went to an info meeting at an agency I found ethicanet.org online) but I&#39;ve had a hard time finding this in the blogosphere. I&#39;ve found a lot of people blogging about the disgrace of unethical adoption, their pain related to adoption, and the sorry state of entitled adoptive parents. I&#39;ve found a lot of people blogging about the upside of being adoptive parents and how much they love their kids (which is dismissed by the former group as so much rainbows and unicorns). I&#39;ve seen very little that falls in between. I love what you have to say and I hope to hear more of it. Thanks.Thalassahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082743557723235940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-15820324472454880202011-09-26T07:32:27.340-07:002011-09-26T07:32:27.340-07:00I just came across your blog and linked to this article. Lady! I loved it! I wish I had time to read more right now, but I am eager to come back and read a lot more. As an adoptive mama with a transracial family I appreciate your words and relate to a lot of your answers. Thanks for being here!<br />Molly<br />wavybel.blogspot.comMollyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15535555741038533886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-1806753652142117502011-09-18T08:44:48.918-07:002011-09-18T08:44:48.918-07:00I was just thinking what Amy had written. Wow. What an awesome post and still very relevant to today despite the fact that it was written so long ago!Monikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09598390010327967653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-33981291357381120342011-09-07T19:52:27.258-07:002011-09-07T19:52:27.258-07:00I know this post is almost four years old...but wow!! :) I am so going to do this as a blog myself later this week, when I have a moment to sit back and think about the answers.Amyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16052758966919192930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-29901165497336210102007-10-11T08:54:00.000-07:002007-10-11T08:54:00.000-07:00REally great post! I liked the four things theme a lot. Very well written and thought provoking. :)Corey~living and lovinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05719661119360487023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-10735402682749956112007-10-10T11:04:00.000-07:002007-10-10T11:04:00.000-07:00I really enjoyed reading your blog on adoption.<BR/><BR/>It was very enlightening and made me see that I had some of the same views.<BR/><BR/>"Adoptive" family or "Real" family...it's still a family...i.e. adoptive families <B>ARE</B> real families!Angelsmamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704632712922443708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-83181997494233718342007-10-10T06:41:00.000-07:002007-10-10T06:41:00.000-07:00i love this postPickelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18090858939486520299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-33250234819321021592007-10-08T16:06:00.000-07:002007-10-08T16:06:00.000-07:00Well goodness me, I can see myself having to take up this meme and run with it! We've had our two for 13 years now so I've plenty to say on the subject ...<BR/><BR/>Great blog, I'll be back.bellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09356982330855702882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-51439901150210783802007-10-06T21:56:00.000-07:002007-10-06T21:56:00.000-07:00Cloudscome, change away! I think this originated as a changed version of a non-adoption meme in the first place.<BR/><BR/>Millie, that's something I've been thinking a lot about recently. Possibly too much. I don't know that there is an easy answer; I think I'd like to write about it more at length in a post, if you don't mind. (And thank you for your kind words about the post.)Heather.PNRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-35939304745144630422007-10-06T12:22:00.000-07:002007-10-06T12:22:00.000-07:00This was just a superb post. Funny and deep all at once.<BR/><BR/>I'm still struggling with how to confront the darker stuff and still be optimistic. Any tips or readings or anything you can share?<BR/><BR/>If we continue down this path, I want to make sure we can do this as ethically as possible and have spent a lot of time thinking about that. But right now I'm consumed with the loss and regret.milliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09710325487325258355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-53441563730265695032007-10-06T04:41:00.000-07:002007-10-06T04:41:00.000-07:00Great answers! I'll have to work on this one but I don't think I can add much to what you said. Is it OK if I change the meme a bit? Just to be difficult LOL?Cloudscomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12355192738014962965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-50495356366445581662007-10-04T19:51:00.000-07:002007-10-04T19:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for the answer! think I will!http://gettingitoffmymind.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459176957674069370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-9772657487866658112007-10-03T22:50:00.000-07:002007-10-03T22:50:00.000-07:00GIOMM, that a perfectly fine question. This is an example of a meme, just a little game passed around from blog to blog. Being tagged is like saying, "You're it. Your turn to do it." You should do this one over at your place!Heather.PNRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05737780263679929983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-35710271340665029422007-10-03T19:48:00.000-07:002007-10-03T19:48:00.000-07:00Again (just like at OAS) I just want to stand by you and say, "yeah! What she said!"Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04164833674841541784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-43173335971541636702007-10-03T19:27:00.000-07:002007-10-03T19:27:00.000-07:00pfffft<BR/><BR/>Are you HONESTLY trying to tell me that the adoption education that I got off the Lifetime movie network isn't good enough!<BR/><BR/>HA, I know ALL about adoption because I've seen Nancy McKeon (and her eyebrows) adopt a baby only to have her "real" mother come back and steal it in like six different movies.Erinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11942415229259955664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19220163.post-64939178319228348982007-10-03T18:45:00.000-07:002007-10-03T18:45:00.000-07:00o.k. really silly - quesiton-- what does it mean to be tagged or is it a meme- that I have seen on other blogs?<BR/>please excuse my blog ignorance!!!http://gettingitoffmymind.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04459176957674069370noreply@blogger.com