Comments on: What I learned this week http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/ dawn friedman's blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:34:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: LisaV http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/#comment-12667 LisaV Sat, 05 Mar 2005 05:25:33 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1463#comment-12667 So is the book on adoption? I have really thought about pursuing a career in adoption. However I wonder the effect on my daughter. Does she really want the way she joined our family to be the subject of my work? I don't know. She is 13 and doesn't seem to mind all we do now. We speak on panels and we have done some charity work for birthmother's education, and it was my seminar project. She seems fine with it now, but I still worry. I love adoption and it's been so joyful that I really want that for others. So is the book on adoption?
I have really thought about pursuing a career in adoption. However I wonder the effect on my daughter. Does she really want the way she joined our family to be the subject of my work? I don’t know. She is 13 and doesn’t seem to mind all we do now. We speak on panels and we have done some charity work for birthmother’s education, and it was my seminar project. She seems fine with it now, but I still worry. I love adoption and it’s been so joyful that I really want that for others.

]]> By: jackie http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/#comment-12666 jackie Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:36:41 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1463#comment-12666 dear, dear Dawn. this resonates with me so much. I feel like I've found the work I want to do, and I think I could be really good at it, but the market is narrow and the competition steep-- and actually committing myself, to working towards being that kind of writer? terrifying. can't wait to read your book someday. dear, dear Dawn. this resonates with me so much. I feel like I’ve found the work I want to do, and I think I could be really good at it, but the market is narrow and the competition steep– and actually committing myself, to working towards being that kind of writer? terrifying.

can’t wait to read your book someday.

]]> By: Roni http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/#comment-12665 Roni Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:58:07 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1463#comment-12665 Dawn - As always you are inspiring. Good luck and I look forward to reading that book of yours one day in the future. Even if we are lil old ladies. :) Dawn - As always you are inspiring. Good luck and I look forward to reading that book of yours one day in the future. Even if we are lil old ladies. :)

]]> By: Anna R http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/#comment-12664 Anna R Fri, 04 Mar 2005 04:22:46 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1463#comment-12664 Dawn-- for what it is worth, as a faithful blog reader/total stranger, I happen to think that even in a very competitive market for the "serious" pieces, that you stand a good chance to get things published. The reason I think that is because, in the blog-format at least, you are often at your best, writing wise, on the "heavy" subjects. You bring a lightness and a sense of personal specificity to the Issues-- not What is Right in some abstract sense, but what you as a person think, which ends up being more persuasive and draws the reader in. I really admire this quality! Dawn– for what it is worth, as a faithful blog reader/total stranger, I happen to think that even in a very competitive market for the “serious” pieces, that you stand a good chance to get things published. The reason I think that is because, in the blog-format at least, you are often at your best, writing wise, on the “heavy” subjects. You bring a lightness and a sense of personal specificity to the Issues– not What is Right in some abstract sense, but what you as a person think, which ends up being more persuasive and draws the reader in. I really admire this quality!

]]> By: Liz http://www.thiswomanswork.com/2005/03/03/what-i-learned-this-week/#comment-12663 Liz Fri, 04 Mar 2005 04:04:44 +0000 http://thiswomanswork.com/?p=1463#comment-12663 You already are that person you want to be. Trust me. You just have to figure out how to listen to her. You already are that person you want to be. Trust me. You just have to figure out how to listen to her.

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