“Mourn the losses, because they are many; but celebrate the victories,...
Cirila Baltazar Cruz has been reunited with her baby Kerry Robertson is safe with her baby and partner in the Republic of Ireland. Her partner, Mark McDougall, blogs here
View ArticleMothers Matter, Children Matter, Families Matter
(This was written with a British audience in mind but I would think some of the issues are relevant in other countries too) Over on the The F Word there’s a new post by Amity Reed of Fertilefeminism. I...
View ArticleBlog for and about teen mothers
I was sent a link by the creator of this awesome website: Prymface has support and information for and about teen mothers.
View ArticleWitness
I think one of the reasons adoption damage goes so deep is because we have no one to acknowledge our pain. So very few people are willing to hear us, or willing to acknowledge our grief and loss our...
View Articleseven year old boy sent back to Russia by adoptive parent
Artem (Artyom) Saveliev/Artyom Justin Hansen’s adoptive mother decided she didn’t want him so put him on a plane back to Russia With him traveled a letter that read The fact that the child has...
View ArticleBanking up or burning out: using the fire wisely
In the process of survival and struggle we have to learn to love ourselves as much as we love the causes we fight for Pratibha Parmar The week before Easter I came to a screeching halt, my body just...
View ArticleAdoption and Class: Personal Reflections
I read the first essay: A Question of Class in Dorothy Allisons Skin about five times and every single time I read it I cried. it bought home some sharp hard truths about the fact that my adoptive...
View ArticleThe myth of the nuclear family and lack of the imagination
I don’t talk about my feelings around adoption much off line, when I do its only to very close friends who I trust and who I know understand where I’m coming from. Online? I talk about it loads and the...
View ArticleFraudulent adoptions
1)I have no sympathy for the adoptive parents, child trafficking and kidnapping has been going on for years in regard to international adoption, if they were so desperate for somebody else s child that...
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