I caught Madison’s cold
Jan 21, 2005 Writing
Sandpaper throat and all. It’s quarter to nine and both children are sleeping (this is Madison’s first nap, which she decided to take a couple hours early). I should be working on my to-do list but I’m taking a break.
Brett and I are taking this whole “who quits their job” thing one day (week) at a time. He’s going to begin judicious use of his vacation time and we’ll see how that goes. We had a long talk about it last night and at least now we’re on the same page. Lately we’ve been so busy that one of us is always ahead of the other one on any given project so it was good to hash it out.
The problem with either of us quitting is that it’s been so nice to have enough money. Say Noah needs new shoes (and he does), now that we both have jobs we can go and get him shoes. Nice shoes, too, and not the payless ones, which are probably bad for his feet.
I’ve looked into mother’s helpers, too, and that’s still on the table. Problem is figuring out when because of Madison’s naps.
At least we’re thinking on it.
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My head is full of complicated things
Jan 19, 2005 Adoption
Here is what I’m learning so far about the antiadoption movement:
–The antiadoption people and the adoption reform people and the good-hearted, well- intentioned and loving adoptive parents have way more in common than you might first realize or that anyone will admit;
–There are many, many purposes of rhetoric;
–If you’re an adoptive parent and reading this stuff, you can choose to feel empowered to serve your child better but ai yi yi — it’s painful;
–Bad people make bad systems but not everyone who is involved with a bad system is a bad person;
–The road to hell may be paved with good intentions but I think the road to heaven may be, too.
I may have a point finally. I thought I had a point and then I wasn’t sure. And then I was doing so much interviewing that I had absolutely NO point and now I have a point again, which means eventually I’m going to have to stop all of this interviewing and hard thinking and actually write. Yikes.
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Tags: adoption reform, anti-adoption
Have thoughts?
Jan 18, 2005 Uncategorized
AidelMaiden needs your help figuring something out.
We are considering moving our terminally ill relative into our home. She has been asking to come home with us every time we visit. I think both my husband and I want to make it happen for her. And it looks like insurance will cover her care/needs. But I want to know if anyone out there has had any experience with this.
If you have some useful thoughts on this, please head on over and share ‘em!
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My birthday present
Jan 18, 2005 Uncategorized
My mom’s present to me just came: JBL - Creature II
I’m in heaven.
(sigh)
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On and on
Jan 18, 2005 Adoption
Ok, so far I have found antiadoption activists to talk to me but I’m not having much luck finding anti-antiadoption people to talk to. See, I know that in the online messageboard/newsgroup communites there has been much heated debate about the subject and now I’m looking for people to talk about being in the trenches, so to speak, in antiadoption discussion.
I don’t really want to hear, “Yeah, they’re all crazy” because I figure everybody can decide for themselves what makes for crazy so I’m more interested in hearing about personal experiences. Mostly just chatting via email or phone, not necessarily for quotes. Right now I’m in the info-gathering stage and I’m taking lots of notes and I hope to have an article by next Monday.
Ambitious, that.
p.s. Madison said her — almost, kinda — first word today. She said “Rawr” and indicated the pretty star mobile that J gave her. Definitely a baby book moment!
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Tags: anti-adoption, baby book, Madison