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Choke

Published on July 23, 2010 By spyderkl

Our guest decided that she had second, third and fourth thoughts about meeting School Girl’s other family. She doesn’t feel comfortable. She doesn’t want to see the National Monument as much as she thought she did. Along with lots of other talk about “School Girl must feel confused (um, no; the relationships that she has [...]

Prop 8 Trial Ends, Waiting for the Decision

Published on June 18, 2010 By spyderkl

The case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, a civil suit brought against the state of California by two same-sex couple who wish to marry in California, had its closing arguments on Wednesday. I read the last hour or so of the streaming transcript at Pam’s House Blend. It was provided by the group American Foundation for [...]

8

Published on April 10, 2010 By spyderkl

8 years ago today, we met our daughter for the third time, and her parents for the second. After M and S said goodbye, they placed School Girl in my arms and left. There was supposed to be an entrustment ceremony. It went on anyway, as it had been planned, without M and S there. [...]

Our List: OAB Roundtable #13

Published on January 28, 2010 By spyderkl

This fortnight’s question for the Open Adoption Bloggers Roundtable is hosted by Andy from Today’s the Day!. It’s something that doesn’t affect us every day anymore, but is still a sensitive topic for me (and job security for my therapist). Here it is: We often hear about open adoptions where the two sides don’t want [...]

Open Adoption Roundtable #12: Resolutions

Published on January 7, 2010 By spyderkl

The new OAB Roundtable is up at Heather’s blog. It’s all about New Year’s resolutions for open adoptions: Call them resolutions, commitments, changes, or choices–how will you be proactive in the area of open adoption in 2010? I’ve been thinking about this since our last visit with M&C. A couple of things come to mind: [...]