Comments on: Adoption Tale – No, My Daughter is Not From Ethiopia

By: JessK

JessK — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 14:31:08 +0000

Love this post – definitely made me chuckle! I would love to be there when you answer this question just to see the other person react

By: Tai

Tai — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 09:15:28 +0000

The mean ladies from McDonalds should mind their Big Macs and leave an adoptive parent and their child alone.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:09:11 +0000

What if you nicely asked in reply, “Where are you from?” It might get the conversation going…

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 22:28:45 +0000

You can’t win either way. An acquaintance did adopt internationally a boy and the mean ladies next to us at McDonald’s made snide comments about how atrocious it was to adopt internationally and ripping the child from their culture.

By: Darleen and Gregg

Darleen and Gregg — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:52:27 +0000

Love the post. My parents were foster parents and eventually adopted 3 children. I look forwrd to being in a position to adopt domestically too.

By: Adelle

Adelle — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:52:28 +0000

Hello! Great post.
Children around the world and of all nationalities need help and adoption.

I’m living in Brazil only two years and I contribute to an orphanage and am adoptive mother of 10 Brazilians children. When to take a walk with them, people ask: Are your students? I give a big smile and say: — No, these are my children.

Answers and questions are funny, the main are:
– You can not have children? (Yes, I can, have baby Hannah), or:
– But you are so young to adopt so many children!

Of course I’m ‘adoptive mother’, that is the opposite of having “adoptive children”.

I’ve just been chosen by them to be a ‘mother’ until they finish their studies and be able to leave the orphanage to independent living , I help with resources and mainly care for them can feel have someone who can offer moments like a mother and father (My husband is active in help too).

It’s a wonderful experience for us and for them.

I give you congratulations, your attitude is worthy.

With love, (Sorry my bad english)
Adelle
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By: NYCSingleMom

NYCSingleMom — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 22:15:50 +0000

Great meeting with you too, I will visit your blog today. Its hard getting back into it. Good luck with the adoption process.

By: Polly

Polly — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 14:11:29 +0000

Enjoyed meeting you at blissdom! This is a fabulous post on adoption. We are in the process of domestic adoption and are already astounded by some of the comments. Looking forward to reading through your blog

By: alicia

alicia — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:52:58 +0000

I just can NOT believe that you get responses like that! People are way too narrow-minded. Like what, children in the US of A don’t need to be loved, cared for, and taken in by someone who is ready, willing, and able.

I applaud you *claps hand* for adopting domestically. And judging by the other posts that I have read from this blog, you are doing a FANTASTIC job. From the extracurricular activities to the summer camp, your daughter is lucky to have you.

I didn’t get a chance to include this in the weekend link roundup last week (I forgot to check back to see if anyone else added to our list…oops!), but this is DEFINITELY going in today!

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