Thank you to every one who came and supported us! We had a great turn out and had a fantastic time celebrating with those who have supported our decision to adopt from the beginning! We really enjoyed everyone being there and we really had a fun time! Thank you again! It was a great success!
5 comments:
Glad your casino night was a success. What all was involved (just wondering in case I might have to steal your idea in the future)?
YEAH!!! I'm sooo happy it was a success! Glad to have been a part of it!!!
HUGS!!
Great news!! glad we were there supporting you guys for such an important cause!
we had a wonderful time ~ thanks again.
<3
I was sent here by a friend, one who is not exactly extatic about adoption the way it is practiced in our country today. I want you to know that I am a first mother, happily in reunion for 9 years and I still believe in adoption. I believe in Ethical Adoption.
I realize that you are excited by your decision and want to share it with others and I have no problem with that. But please, PLEASE, reconsider wearing the tee shirt in this picture. This is a constant reminder to adoptees and first parents, (whether they be mothers or fathers) everywhere that they have suffered a loss.
It's like being out in public, having a great time with friends and loved ones and someone comes out of a crowd and punches you right in the stomach. You have no idea how much a sign like this can hurt or ruin another persons day, week,or even month.
Adoption begins with a loss, one we try not to dwell on.
I hope you can understand. That's how we see it, a constant reminder of our loss.
I want to thank you for publishing my post. I was affraid you wouldn't. I did mis-speak and want to correct that. I can not speak for all adoptees and first parents which I sometimes seem to do.
Adoption is a mixed bag, you never know what you are going to get. Some adoptees and first parents (like myself) believe that their loss was for the greater good. My daughter and I have addressed these issues in private but have not gotten them posted on our blog yet. Our blog is still fairly new.
There is something I want to share with you that I have learned in the past 9 years. Although some adoptees are comfortable with their adoptions, others are very accomodating to their adoptive parents. By this I mean that even if they didn't like something they would say that they did because they knew it would make the other person happy. They feel it is their job to make the other person happy.
I know you want your children to feel free to express their opinions even if they differ from your own, that's what makes us individuals and unique. There are many adoptees who have trouble with this because they feel that they will be rejected again. It is a sad sad thing that so many children grow up feeling this way but many of them do.
BTW: I am always looking for new blogs to visit. I would like to have more communication with adoptive and adopting parents.
There are many things I openly admit I do not like or agree with in the adoption world. But I feel there will always be a need for adoption.
If my daughter and I can reach more adoptive parents who would like to see changes made to adoption for the sake of the children who live it, then we feel we have given back to a system that has served us well, even though it started with a loss.
I hope you will visit our blog again, and I will do the same.
Thanks Again for listening and publishing my post.
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