Entries Tagged as ‘Adoption Schmoption’

June 11, 2008

Scary Prank “PAP” call

I  am still manning the AF phone lines (ahem….any volunteers?). I get plenty  of legit calls but I usually  have to  wade  through some crap  every  time I  check the messages. I would like to mention that I  CLEARLY state on the answering  machine that AF is a SUPPORT org.  and NOT an agency  and [...]

June 3, 2008

Protected: A Knife in My Heart

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

April 21, 2008

Teen Pregnancy

We really need to get something straight; teen pregnancy is not an epidemic.…….teen s*x is. And adoption is NOT AN ANSWER to the epidemic. Adoption is a holy band aid. Or a band aid filled with holes anyway. It may make society feel better but it doesn’t do ANYTHING to address the real issue. [...]

January 18, 2008

Adoptees Who Choose Not To Search.

Check this out:
A legitimate choice and voice: the experience of adult adoptees who have chosen not to search for their biological families.

Authors: Roche, Heather; Perlesz, Amaryll
Source: Adoption & Fostering Journal, Volume 24, Number 2, Summer 2000 , pp. 8-19(12)
Publisher: British [...]

December 1, 2007

NCFA

Read this amazing article written by FauxClaud about the National Council for Adoption.
Or as I like to refer to them~
No Concern For Adoptees
or sometimes~
Now Coercing For Adoption

October 25, 2007

Come Out Come Out Wherever You Are!

Observation #1:
The majority of natural parents we hear from clearly wish adoptees to have access to birth records.
The majority of adoptees we hear from clearly wish to have access to their birth records.
Some adoptive parents (and I use this word respectfully to those APs who speak out on the subject and do so consistently and [...]

June 12, 2007

Taxman

So I’m filling out some tax information (please don’t ask why I am doing this in June) and line 38 under deductions reads:
Adoption
Ah, my adoption related expenses! Yipeeee this should help!
OK, let’s see-
Search assistance expenses incurred by trying to help countless adoptees (including myself) find out who they are.
Paper, printer ink, gas, phone, library copies, [...]

June 5, 2007

Editorial Worthy of Lining My Birdcage.

By all means please go voice your opinion on THIS tripe printed in the Hartford Courant.

April 23, 2007

Fact vs Fiction

Did you know that as a lawmaker it is your DUTY as a voted official to vote in favor of truth and the constitutional rights of the people?

You know I read articles like the one below and I have to wonder about the intelligence of our lawmakers. I know, that is a laughable [...]

April 2, 2007

Why?

Some days staying positive is easy. Some days it’s downright difficult. I think I just need to vent today.
While looking closely at the AFTH agency I posted about below I have the following questions:
What constitutes a non- profit? I was told they made around four million dollars last year. How do you justify this as [...]