Monthly Archives: November 2007
A Call To Action
Again and again it has been pointed out that adoptees have nothing to say about access to adoption records or how we will be treated by our own government. Everyone else’s rights involved in adoption trump ours, the first parents, … Continue reading
Haven’t We Met Somewhere Before?
Haven’t we met somewhere before? As a pick up line that an oldie, but goodie. As a feeling it’s something I experience way too often. I’m feeling it now, in a big way. Tell me do these words from this … Continue reading
Almost halfway through…
this torture that’s called National Adoption Awareness Month. Notice it’s not National ADOPTEE Awareness Month. It seems that some aren’t aware that we are even out here. NPR, for example took up the subject of adoptee access to Birth Certificates, … Continue reading
Tama Janowitz, My Canidate for Mother of the Year
Can you believe this wonderful woman has been blocking comments from adoptees? I can’t either. It must be a mistake, so I’m going to allow adoptees to comment here. November 12, 2007, 7:24 pm The Real Thing By Tama Janowitz … Continue reading
Guess What?
Not only is this National Adoption Awareness Month it’s also….. National Writing Month National Diabetes Awareness Month National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month National Lung Cancer Awareness Month National Pomegranate Month National Health Food Month National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month National … Continue reading
Be Aware
National Adoption Awareness Month. I’m familiar with adoptee awareness. I have always felt like I needed to be very aware of what was going on around me. It was too easy to get blind sided by someone’s reaction to what … Continue reading
It’s National Adoption Awareness Month!
Or what the fuck ever they call it. I call it a load of crap. All month long I’m going to be assaulted with stories how wonderful adoption is. I won’t be able to watch the news without be … Continue reading
Go To the Light, Boy
There are many things in this world that make an adoptee feel short changed. Closed records, denial of ethnicity, the list goes on. I wonder if these things ever end, even in the afterlife. We’ve all heard the stories from … Continue reading
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