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Adoption News March 1, 2006

Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts

Unintended Pregnancy Linked to State Funding Cuts First-of-Its-Kind Study Cites Impact On Teenage Girls and Poor Women By Ceci Connolly Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, March 1, 2006; Page A06 At a time when policymakers have made reducing unintended pregnancies a national priority, 33 states have made it more difficult or more expensive for poor women and teenagers to obtain contraceptives and related medical services, according to an analysis released…

Jeep Knows Bloodlines Matter

Rants and Raves February 26, 2006

Compromises in Marriage, Panic Attacks

When I was pregnant with Scarlett, Rye and I had to go to Colorado for his mother’s wedding. She was being married at Garden of the Gods, beautiful place, and the whole family was on a week long vacation for the event. While it was a great place to visit and I njoyed seeing the country, I discovered a very sad fact out there. I have a tremondous fear of…

Adoption News, Pending Adoption Legislation February 26, 2006

Big Trouble for Reproductive Rights

Allot of us knew that it was going to happen. The way this current administration was so busy taking about family values. Georgie W speaking of the government funding maternity homes in the presidential debates. The ban of funding towards stem cell research, but over a million dollars going to funding embryo adoptions at Snowflakes in California. Aggressive and mandatory adoption awarness training for any place that provide abortions. The…

13 BILLION Dollars made through ADoption

Adoption News, Bad Adoption Practices February 24, 2006

Adoption Fundraising on Ebay

So, while I don’t particulary like hearing or seeing these kinds of things on Ebay, this is NOT a call to write in and tell these folks how awful they are. For one, I don’t think that much said will really change their point of view, and second, it just makes the people who do look like the mad minority. “We” have already gotten the “credit” for the “nasty” emails…

unsolicited opinions and horses assholes

Rants and Raves February 23, 2006

Low fat fun..

Just a quickie! This woman comes in tonight and orders Pumpkin Ravioli..good stuff!! Delicate taste, brown butter sherry sauce…note: made of real butter, and sherry..that’s about it. Eats it all..yum yum THEN proceeds to give her food server, a marvelous left handed Gay Capricorn Man, named James the Cat AKA Poodle..a HUGE hard time because….egads! We don’t have skim milk for her freaking capachino. Like a major hard time: “What…

Community, Cultural Views on Adoption February 22, 2006

An Email from an Adoptee

I know that sometimes, it seems we are hitting our heads against the brick wall of adoption. Here we are, so few at times, in the trenches, so to speak, with peashooters against the mighty industrial adoption gaint machine. BUT …there is a purpose. Granted the over all goal of many is a complete reform of adoption as we know it, but until that day comes, there are the small…

subconscious external justification amoung birthmothers in adoption

Adoption February 17, 2006

Another Day 2006

How can I avoid the ever growing laundry pile..let me count the ways. 1) Post a new bold tread about nothing….yeah, that will work! So…I have an awful headache right now. I do believe we call it a hangover. It’s not my fault, really!. I wanted to go to bed early last night! But life happened. My car is in the shop. Had to go in to fix a ton…

Birthmother Regrets & Lessons February 15, 2006

Epithany

In the course of being “active” with adoption online, I frequently come in contact with pregnant women who are thinking about placing. OK, I’ll admit it..I ( used to ) seek them out and look for them. I do feel the responsibility to give them insights to the big picture, long term ramifications, all the stuff that would really fall under “informed consent” but that we can trust the agencies…

A Birthmothers Life February 13, 2006

I hate conflicts!

I am really annoyed with my mother in law. It has been kinda building up for a few months. I don’t hold a grudge, but tend to try to overlook things that bother me often, for the sake of peace. But I am at that enough is enough point. She was watching the beasts for me Saturday night while both Rye and I worked. Nprmally, I don’t work on Saturdays,…

Adoption February 11, 2006

WOW!!OMG!! ACK!!

I just hopped over to my mailbox and had a message alert fom my Max..so I am all happy..yeah..and then I read it. I am sitting here..shaking in my skin..crying..HE WANTS TO COME AND VISIT!!!!! My Baby..he’s gonna come see me!!! He will get to met his brothers ans sister and me and be here!!! HE’S COMING HOME!!!! God I love this guy!! I just have to share how amazing…

Adoption Koolaide & Birthmother Denial, Rants and Raves February 11, 2006

Thoughts on Anger & Double Standards

Funny how sometimes I don’t see how much all this thinking about stuff has really changed me..and then I do see it..and it is rather amazing. Why Are People So Afraid of Anger? I work with a young woman who has had a pretty rough road in life. I find her amazing and the word strong is definitely applicable. Her parents and her childhood are way less than perfect. That’s her…

Adoption February 10, 2006

Just a Day in the Life Circa 2006

The doorbell just rang and I know it was the UPS man. I was very bad..in a good way..and ordered something 170 dollars worth of books from Amazon. It was Garin;s fault really..he wanted some Ska DVD, but since I HAD to place an order…. I got Adoption Nation for 57cents!! Which is great because I need to read it with my highlighter so I can really know my stuff…