So I am at work last night..and our hostess had a great book called “The Choices We Made”. It’s the stories of famous people who had abortions, faced an unplanned pregnancy, etc. We were taking turns reading about Whoopie Goldberg. So this of course, lead to us discussing adoption, and Raisa and I are in the middle of a discussion on how these people who claim “just give the baby…
You know what they say about having expectations? How they are our own worst enemy? I mean, I don’t trust talk show, I know the whole idea of sensationalism, I tried not to go in blind, be prepared, be ready for the worst. I had even stock responses ready if, for whatever reason, things got way off track and personal and I didn’t want to feel obligated to go somewhere…
ADULT ADOPTEES 18+ PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN OUR SURVEY! “Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption” A Project by the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute with funding from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation Recently we had sent an email requesting ADULT ADOPTEES 18+ — ESPECIALLY INTERNATIONALLY ADOPTED ADULTS — to participate in our national online survey for our ground-breaking study on identity and adoption. If you have already completed the…
A car is coming to pick me up. I took the night off from work. I have a new back suit, and a pretty pink blouse. Even bought new shoes..well, it was a good excuse to buy new shoes, anything is a good excuse to buy new shoes. I AM having a hair crisis, as I really, really need a real hair cut. I mean real becasue I never go…
So good news! Governor Mitt of MA has left office WITHOUT signing the horrible SB2690 into law! It looks dead! With a new administration, they have to redo the bill, find a new sponser etc..so HOPEFULLY..with work, t can be made into a GOOD ill again, where the rights of ALL adoptees, are supported! **** Speaking of Adoptee rights..this Sunday the Adoption Show is all about the NY law! New…
Back in early November, there was a ruling passed down in NY where a mom wo had reliquised her rights but was assured visitation with the child. She was cut out of visitation and took the matter to court. And she won! Lots of questions came up with this case..lots of discussions. The original article is here. Anyway, I finally got the full text from NY law review. Thank you…