tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917882934620536579.post481061785440352687..comments2023-09-23T09:01:25.970-07:00Comments on Adopt-a-tude: A Birth Mother’s View of “Find My Family”: The Best Thing to Happen to AdoptionDeborah Whitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14887724154415198532noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917882934620536579.post-89836528278994575992009-12-16T20:24:29.042-08:002009-12-16T20:24:29.042-08:00Right on babe!Right on babe!Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917882934620536579.post-7837963094803866882009-12-16T12:31:56.631-08:002009-12-16T12:31:56.631-08:00Yes, and I'd like to underscore how much I lik...Yes, and I'd like to underscore how much I like the lines about not everyone spilling their most private thoughts over egg nog or during other family gatherings. It's so interesting that in an age of fake celebrities, avatars, and all sorts of alternative personas, people choose to take at face value the social chit-chat of a public gathering.<br /><br />What "Uncle Fred" or my "stepmother's hair stylist" said about adoption so often reinforces stereotypes; these kinds of idle comments, whether in real-time or online, shouldn't be taken as proof of anything beyond what's acceptable to say in public.Martha Nicholshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02125887259454036708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1917882934620536579.post-32718432238562501802009-12-16T07:35:02.198-08:002009-12-16T07:35:02.198-08:00Claudia-
This is an awesome post! You've real...Claudia-<br /><br />This is an awesome post! You've really captured so much that is important, both about FMF and about the whole journey all in the Triad, especially the adopted, must make both personally and intellectually. Everyone who has any connection to the adoption question should read your thoughts here They are timely, intelligent, informed, clearly heartfelt, and, though your post is long, succinct. Thanks so much!David Biddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08802209288312003880noreply@blogger.com