tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post6041056376164464651..comments2023-12-10T07:27:17.914-05:00Comments on Never a Dull Moment: A ConfessionClaudiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02057662343562530495noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-85501334212229072992012-02-08T01:36:30.589-06:002012-02-08T01:36:30.589-06:00So, I don’t know REFRESH but I am a Christian mom ...So, I don’t know REFRESH but I am a Christian mom that adopted internationally twice to bring kids out literal hell. I could have adopted babies but I did not. I adopted children with medical issues when I did not have to but God called me to go and find my children. Nobody paid me money to adopt my kids. Nobody gave me insurance to cover their doctor visits or surgeries. Nobody helped any of us adoptive parents. But we did and/or do it anyway. Most of us stick to being that parent no matter the cost. Less than 20% of the children in the country I adopted from survive the system. If they age out the death rates are still dramatic. <br /><br />I recently let a speech therapist go because she told me that she thought I was needlessly putting children into danger if I considered adopting internationally again. She doesn’t know my situation - she simply thought two was enough. Rather, she thought I should have not adopted my daughter, a cleft palate child sent to a psychiatric ward for it. My daughter came home completely normal and better adjusted than most of the foster care children I have had in my home.<br /><br />I suspect you have never been offered a tenth of a penny so that you will pick a younger brother to adopt rather than the child you have been matched with by an agency. I have been offered that tenth of a penny. I will never forget. Amish friends I know help send blankets to them during this cold, cold winter for them.<br /><br />I am glad that you, as a representative of the state system of adoption, may gain understanding about those who willingly wade into dark waters. I would say, knowing all such parents as I do, they are the best, simply the best. And they do the heart-breaking work everyday. <br /><br />As for broading you influence base, I don't know. My state recently told me that they would not recommend me for waiting children in America because I am single even though I have been a certified foster mom for over 26 months. No other reason. I think you are rowing upriver against a dangerous current. Go back, these waters are choppy. Never a Dull Moment so is not what adoptive Mom's like me would consider so very difficult.<br /><br />Some might even call it a cake walk.Mama Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07053747882279682433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-60890259766277909492012-02-06T16:51:48.810-06:002012-02-06T16:51:48.810-06:00You know what would be refreshing? If conservative...You know what would be refreshing? If conservative Christians would support teaching kids about birth control so there would be fewer teen pregnancies. Texas schools have adopted a policy of teaching abstainance only. Texas has an enormously high teen pregnancy rate. Is it any surprise there are so many adoption agencies based in Texas? Particularly ones whose chief purpose is to get babies adopted into "good Christian homes"?<br />I am a Christian but I am also a realist. And a liberal Democrat. I have been around long enough to know that adoption involves heartache for everyone concerned.Miz Kizzlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05650747741395559803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-77081230888087602602012-02-06T11:39:48.129-06:002012-02-06T11:39:48.129-06:00I wish these groups were more inclusive of non-Chr...I wish these groups were more inclusive of non-Christians, but I guess that's sort of hard when the focus is Jesus and God. It just seems as though most orphan-centered movements are Christian-religion-centered which leaves out people like me.AnnMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505967972774910106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-89233620900539645442012-02-06T11:37:26.145-06:002012-02-06T11:37:26.145-06:00Here are two groups you might be interested in:
T...Here are two groups you might be interested in:<br /><br />The Charis Project http://thecharisproject.org/ is working on a different model of a self-sustaining orphanage in Thailand. No adoption here, but an interesting different take on it all. I help support the kids.<br /><br />International Voice of the Orphan http://www.internationalvoiceoftheorphan.com/ just launched late last week, although the work has been underway for a while. They encourage adoption, advocacy, prayer, mission teams, and more.<br /><br />Interestingly, I am not Christian but like both projects. (The latter is a lot more God-centered than the former.)AnnMariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05505967972774910106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11190188.post-73443253693267343482012-02-06T09:11:39.042-06:002012-02-06T09:11:39.042-06:00I also left there with an understanding of the orp...I also left there with an understanding of the orphan care movement that I didn't have before. It was wonderful to be with a whole group of people who adopt with a Biblical motive. I came home renewed and truly REFRESHED!Other Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14497334953872151453noreply@blogger.com