I was going to try to reread the book again and see if it made a difference to how I felt about it. I got through the first 30 pages or so and then stopped. I just do not have any use for the way the situations are presented. Things like thyroid issues are presented as "major health issues". I know the heart issues can be bigger issues, but we have so many on our board who have lived through the surgery or surgeries that I have a hard time swallowing the way its presented here.
I stand most strongly behind my views on adoption and "ownership" of other humans (don't believe in it) and the need for children who are adopted to be able to hold on to their history and to feel good about their history.
I would write more but I've already written it. All in all, I think this book is very poorly put together and it appears to come off as trying to capitalize on these children. I have no doubt that these parents love them and that they are well cared for. I also think that my definition of family is much different. As a mother, I know when my child is having meals... I don't walk in on it and realize it in the middle of it. I wake up in the morning when my child gets up - someone else does not get up for me and go through the morning routine with him. I define family very different from what happens in this family.
Anyway... there is a load more that I could say but I just wanted to note that I still stand behind my thoughts and feelings in regards to the picture this book has presented.
Monica
(mommy to
FIVE year old Mikey!)
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clicking here!
You're laughing because I'm different... I'm laughing 'cause you're all the same!
Whoever said silence is golden has never heard the laughter of a child!
