Lori and I chat from time to time…

One day I asked her a question…

Is Adoption Today Really Better than Before?

 

Dealing with the loss of your parents…

This is to all parents, but especially to adoptive parents due to the fact that some (perhaps many) start parenting later in life. My hope is that you will consider ensuring that you make the time after you pass for your children as easy as mom and dad have made mine as the one to make sure their collective last wishes are met.

 

Need to change the way (or when) we respond…

An article about a play called “Watermelon Hill” written by Lily Baber Coyle, inspired by the book “Shadow Mothers” by Linda Back McKay was published today.  An article that delves into how the play came to be written, reunion stories intertwined, and what “Watermelon Hill” is today.  It’s a good article, the first response, not so much…

Rosenblum: ‘Watermelon Hill’ revisits era of secrecy, shame in St. Paul

 

So not true…

“Signing the papers was harder than Kayla imagined. In Ohio, a woman has 72 hours to change her mind.”

No, just no…

It should read: In Ohio, a mother can’t sign away her parental rights until a minimum of 72 hours has elapsed since giving birth.

Doesn’t matter what state, the number of hours after birth written into adoption is the MINIMUM she must wait after giving birth to sign away her parental rights.

 

The position first parents are put in to be heard…

I was thinking last night about the position parents by birth are forced into by some in adoption, both adopting parents and professionals.  The position doesn’t make any logical sense when we are talking about normal human emotions we all have, or capable of feeling in the same situation.

Either…