tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368059624632256365.post1978928452879554590..comments2023-11-29T03:18:47.885-05:00Comments on Out of the Fog: T DayCrickethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16968579258082745674noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368059624632256365.post-14482361937350311672010-05-20T01:52:25.528-04:002010-05-20T01:52:25.528-04:00Therapy is a HUGE step in the right direction. I d...Therapy is a HUGE step in the right direction. I ditto ALL of your thoughts. I understand. I'm proud of you for taking that first step :)Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08073625813017871573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368059624632256365.post-8352317871123533192009-09-19T06:18:23.000-04:002009-09-19T06:18:23.000-04:00There is this whole other side of adoption that ma...There is this whole other side of adoption that makes it so complicated. I cannot begin to wrap my brain around all of the emotions. I'm so sorry your a-parents were abusive jerks. No child deserves abusive whether from a-parents or biological parents.<br><br>Our family has been contemplating foster care adoption. Every time I bring it up someone wants to tell me a horror story and ask why I'd want to mess up my family with some "damaged" child. <br><br>I brush it aside because I know first hand you can be damaged even if you don't come from a foster home.<br><br>If we do choose to pursue a foster care adoption I won't see it as a selfless martyr act. I will see it as building our family. I only pray that the child (we are looking at 8 years-12 years old) will accept us as their family. The upside to adopting an older child is that you can talk to them and ask their opinion. Of course some would say that the foster care system is so horrid that its not really a choice for them. I don't know. Sometimes I think we should be a foster parents instead of adoptive parents...but I know my heart and I'm an all in type of person and I don't think I could handle it if I never saw the kid again----or had to take them to an adoption fair. <br><br>So until I figure it out more. We will do nothing. Because clearly this is not something to be entered into lightly.Karin Katherinehttp://www.mommymattersblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368059624632256365.post-46897401287627113652009-09-06T17:03:13.000-04:002009-09-06T17:03:13.000-04:00Before I went into reunion I believed that my moth...Before I went into reunion I believed that my mother thought my sister was better simply on account that she was kept.<br><br>I thought I had to somehow "prove" myself.<br><br>I was wrong.<br>But I still feel torn.Mei-Lingnoreply@blogger.com