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Wordless Wednesday: Photogenia

June 8, 2011

For more family portraits and my guest post, see mbgpics.com

A melange of Mother’s Day posts

May 6, 2011

If you can stand to read one more thing about my mother-in-law, click over to MileHighMamas where I have a Mother’s Day post featured this week. And a two-year-old post of mine is included in BlogHer’s series, Parenting, Actually (please visit there and then click the link to bring you back to my 2009 Mother’s [...]

An open response to anti-open adoption sentiments, part 2

April 12, 2011

Posters on a private board for adoptive parents discussed their reasons for being against open adoption. In part 1 and here, I share my responses to them (background). ~~~~~~ Coercion I don’t understand how you believe that agencies coerce pre-adoptive parents into openness. Just because you don’t like the options available to you doesn’t mean [...]

Why I am anti anti-open adoption: a public response to private statements

April 5, 2011

Private bulletin boards certainly serve a purpose. A private board can be a safe place for people to connect and explore sensitive issues more deeply than where the whole world could see. I’m in full support of that. A private board can also be a place to vent, and I’m also in support of that. [...]

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