What: Book Signing with Adoptee Author Rhonda Noonan
When: Saturday, July 20 from 1 to 3 P.M.
Where: Steve’s Sundry Books & More 2612 South Harvard in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bonus: You get to say you met Winston Churchill’s Granddaughter!
I am already well trained to ignore the lovely smiling photos of hopeful couples waiting to adopt. There are many of them, so lots of glancing about for me, trying to find a safe place to rest my eyes. I scan for copy, rather than cheesy grins, and pass over the glorified bios that shout “Pick me, Pick me!”. It’s all bright and shiny. Everyone is happy with their best face forward. Why? Because America Adopts is NOT an adoption agency, it’s an “adoption meeting place”. Whaaaat…? Yup, think dating site, but for knocked up chicks thinking about adoption!
Perhaps it can be considered our own fault that past recipients of the Angels in Adoption Awards are NOT people from our part of AdoptionLand. I think we should change that. At least we will have more cause to complain if we are actually nominating people that WE think make a difference, rather than watching and grumbling when some other celebrity adoption makes more news.
Completely random and meaningless facts about Claudia Corrigan D’Arcy.
Did you know I am blind as a bat, always wear the color black and hate the small of asphalt? How about that I am crazy shy? But I love avocados?
I Declare WAR on Troy Dunn. Ok, not that he really cares, but I shall NEVER say a somewhat good thing about Troy Dunn, his adoption search services, or “The Locator” shows again. In fact, if I ever hear anyone else in the world say a decent thing about Troy Dunn the Locator, I will denounce Troy the Locator loudly and quite vocally for all to hear.
I have remain fairly consistent in my approach from the get go. I am not a terribly confrontational person, nor I am into being all angry. That’s just my way. It doesn’t mean I do not get angry, but I prefer to communicate in a fashion that makes it easy to see beyond my anger. There are those who feel and function much the way I do, and those who don’t. I am not going to tell people that they must do it my way. But I happen to feel that the less angry approach is WHAT GETS HEARD.
There is a good chance that motherhood will never be the same for a birthmother. Even under completely different circumstance than the adoption, years later, the mother we could have been has been altered. She is gone. What is left is a new mother, a new persons, one forever altered by the relinquishment experience.
What: First Families Against Adoption Trafficking Event
When: July 20th, 2012; 1:00 to 3:00 pm
Where: Lacey Timberland Library, Lacey Washington State
http://www.trlib.org/Locations/Pages/LibraryInformation.aspx?lib=la
Bonus: Peter Dodds!
I have a little bedtime story to tell you my friends. Some of you shared the moments leading up to this, actual, fairy tale ending a you had been participating during the creation of it. Many of you have a part in making it become a happy ending, and that’s why this story gets it own post. If you have been with me up to that point, please feel free to skip down, but don’t go! Our story is NOT over yet! And it’s worth it, I promise! There is a VERY happy ending!!
The Adoptee Rights plan has been for the last year that my whole family would go to the 6th annual Adoptee Rights Coalition’s national demonstration in Atlanta this year. I have tried to remain hopeful. I have put my faith in the universe that something would work out, but we are looking at a little more than month away and I finally had to say to Rye last week.. Atlanta isn’t looking like reality.
I know I do not “own” any rights to using a Rosie the Riveter type of image. I WAS sure that they knew exactly what they were doing by having an image close enough to mine that it could confuse people even a tiny bit. I really did NOT appreciate it. So I made noise and they agreed to take down the images. I’ll take that as a win and have edited the post to reflect that.