tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post2738385118075359018..comments2024-03-21T04:45:43.081-04:00Comments on AMERICAN INDIAN ADOPTEES: Propaganda, more money chanelled to adoption via #OXYGEN ChannelLThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-51963000522720565042013-04-12T00:52:52.314-04:002013-04-12T00:52:52.314-04:00"If you want to understand how an adoptee fee..."If you want to understand how an adoptee feels and the toll adoption takes on us, read my book, please."<br /><br />I truly feel for you if you have had a bad experience as an adopted child.<br /><br />But Please do not give the impression that you speak for all of us adopted children. Because you do not speak for all adopted children<br /><br />I am adopted. I was adopted as a newborn and I have a loving family and have not had a bad experience from being adopted. My older sister is not adopted, but my parents were unable to have a second child though they tried for 8 years. I have known I was adopted since I was old enough to understand (maybe 3?) and it has never been an issue. I have never felt abandoned or "sold" I was wanted and loved. I have a lot of respect for my birth mother and any woman that goes through the hard choice of carrying and then giving up their child because they want their child to have a better life. <br /><br />My parents, sister and extended family have never treated me (or my 2 cousins who are also adopted) any differently than the other family members. It isn't an issue and it never has been. Family is more than blood.<br /><br />2 years ago I contacted my birth parents because I wanted my medical history, and my birth mother was very nice and we exchange a merry christmas or happy birthday every now and then but my parents are my parents and my family is my family - love them or hate them on any given day - I would not trade them for anything :) If I was not adopted I would not have met my family and I would not have had the life that I do. I admire my birth mother for making that hard decision and I am thankful that she did it :)Bio79https://www.blogger.com/profile/12063305428744479076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-4751036144813824892012-07-02T13:46:47.935-04:002012-07-02T13:46:47.935-04:00Monica, I read your blog post and noted your openn...Monica, I read your blog post and noted your openness and bravery. Thank you for commenting here. It's greatly appreciated!LThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395257432521760435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6969975344623261.post-8552127330871033092012-07-02T12:10:41.600-04:002012-07-02T12:10:41.600-04:00I also wrote a post on my own blog about this show...I also wrote a post on my own blog about this show from a birth mother's point of view (that's what I call myself. I'm living an open adoption with my now 2.5 year old daughter and her parents). I don't like the show or any like it either. http://musingmonika.blogspot.com/2012/06/oxygens-im-having-their-baby.htmlMonikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09598390010327967653noreply@blogger.com