Adopted Daughter, Part II

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Monday March 21, 2005 · 4:46 PM PST

2005/03/21 · 16:46

This is the continuation of the diary posted yesterday, 3/21/05, "One Adopted Daughter's view of Adoption Part I"

here It was November of 1945. My 9 year old brother and my 5 year old self were in a foster family in Salt Lake City, waiting and hoping to be adopted. We had met our prospective parents and spent whole days with them very regularly. They were nice people but they were different from "other mother" as I used to call her. You know I was on constant watch and guarding my every action and behavior to the best of my ability. Read More

One Adopted Daughter's View of Adoption, Part I

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Sunday March 20, 2005 · 5:46 PM PST

2005/03/20 · 17:46

Because of Poor Statue's wonderful diary about being a birthmother I am offering a perspective from one adopted child's viewpoint. I hope it might be of some value to those who have interest in the topic. Make no mistake, it is just one story and there are millions of stories out there, none of them the same.

I have lots of opinions about a lot of things but I really have very strong opinions about adoption. Especially about adoption for children beyond the "cute baby" stage because that was me. . . Read More

Hillary speaks out on Bankruptcy Bill

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Saturday March 12, 2005 · 3:35 PM PST

2005/03/12 · 15:35

I know there have been a "gazillion" diaries about our disappointment with the "Poverty and Debt Forever" trash bill. I thought some might be interested in Hillary's comments. Although she did not vote on this bill as she was at the hospital with a "Bill" of her own, this might indicate how she would have voted had she been in the Senate for the vote.

This quote came from her Senate Web site and is quoted in its entirety below the jump. Read More

A Ray of Hope

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Sunday February 13, 2005 · 11:27 AM PST

2005/02/13 · 11:27

In these times of great turmoil and constant lying, cheating and stealing by so many in the "spot light," I find myself searching every day for something that will lift me up and encourage me to see that things are changing and things will change. That is why I come to dkos. The energy and diligence of kossaks to not allow our country to be torn away from us by those misguided in their accumulation of power at any cost, is part of what keeps me going.