tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post5030191803170201368..comments2023-04-17T12:00:38.914-04:00Comments on The Unknown Contributor: Dear Anon, Now That You Mentioned ItTUChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15929114678006935831noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-74706906177291788602011-04-20T01:28:07.295-04:002011-04-20T01:28:07.295-04:00can I quote you or link your blog post?can I quote you or link your blog post?The Hapa Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13833292317486709616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-35103126423798523812010-06-14T15:44:04.881-04:002010-06-14T15:44:04.881-04:00Oohhh I responded last night but it disappeared. A...Oohhh I responded last night but it disappeared. Anon: Here's the thing. How many children have YOU adopted? Do you have an empty seat at your table? Do you have have an empty bed, or room for one in a bedroom? Are you under the age of 50? If you answered yes to all of those and haven't adopted, then don't even bothered opening your mouth. If you at one time WERE able to answer yes to those things and didn't adopt, don't open your mouth! If you feel "I'm not cut out for adoption" and leave it up to everyone else, then don't bother opening your mouth. I think there are a lot of people who are "called to adopt" and there are a lot of people who are able to adopt and totally ignore it for their own selfish reasons. Are you one of those? The child I'm adopting spent the first 8 years of her life tied in a crib. That doesn't happen here in the United States (at least not legally!) She has spent the last 2 years enjoying life outside a crib for the first time, but very shortly will be sent back to a place similar to where she just came from. Show me a place like that here in the US. Here, even children in foster care who have nothing but a name have services and care available to them, and an education waiting for them if the want it. Show me where, in the bible, God tells us to adopt but to stay within the boundaries of our own country. I haven't been able to find that anywhere, perhaps I'm missing it? Besides, when we choose to adopt internationally, have you researched where that money goes? The vast majority of it It (85%) goes to the US government!!! What would be great is if it was filtered back to US orphans, but it's not. Nobody really knows where it goes to. Funny how that works. So please, before you jump on your soapbox again, do your research so you can at least have an educated discussion.Leah Springhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326240393099112570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-38183057448315445492010-06-14T11:03:05.145-04:002010-06-14T11:03:05.145-04:00One thing that looking at the situation in Eastern...One thing that looking at the situation in Eastern Europe (and so many other countries) has done for me is given me an appreciation of America. Americans take care of little children and our government, however imperfectly, does provide medical care, food and shelter for children in need. America makes sure that abandoned children are cared for in trained foster families and receive food, clothing, shelter, counseling, and medical care. There are no babies waiting with critical heart defects with no hope of surgery due to lack of money or lack of expertise to fix it. There are no children with no hope of education, intervention, and attention... and no children who lack the freedom to leave the confines of an institution crib. I love it that there are so many Americans who are willing to adopt a precious child with DS that there is a waiting list! I love that. America has a big heart.<br /><br />Well, let me rephrase that. Obviously there are exceptions to that statement. Hateriots who feel that America needs to protect itself from scary things like orphans. <br /><br />Anon, find me a child in America living under those unspeakable conditions, facing the same terrible future. I'll jump in the car, race there at top speed, and adopt that child immediately. Otherwise, please let amazing people like TUC show the world that it's 100% American to care about those living outside the imaginary map lines of our country. I will be extra proud to know I'm an American this July 4th because of what I've learned about international adoption in the last year.RissaRoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09970056413266419558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-37473222236011445592010-06-14T04:00:44.625-04:002010-06-14T04:00:44.625-04:00May God bless you for what you're doing. The c...May God bless you for what you're doing. The callousness and greed of the human race never fail to astound me.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07632541487016020760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-39013122498732851072010-06-14T00:40:16.639-04:002010-06-14T00:40:16.639-04:00Out. Standing.Out. Standing.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749431284192436424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-50123921154167320482010-06-13T22:16:11.150-04:002010-06-13T22:16:11.150-04:00Standing Ovation!!!!! THANK YOU for putting into w...Standing Ovation!!!!! THANK YOU for putting into words and into a blog EXACTLY how we feel and know to be the truth.The Sanchez Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02193773268823617205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-67842511219288664292010-06-13T22:06:15.168-04:002010-06-13T22:06:15.168-04:00wow...you told him!! Love it!! What an ignorant ...wow...you told him!! Love it!! What an ignorant person, I can't stand it when people speak of something they know nothing about! Your daughters are lucky to be coming home with you soon...God Bless!Holly Waligorahttp://www.waligorafam.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4373649301575623347.post-37296562993169612242010-06-13T21:54:46.138-04:002010-06-13T21:54:46.138-04:00**Applause**, TUC.
"The good we secure for ...**Applause**, TUC. <br /><br />"The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life." ~Jane AddamsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com