December 2010
spousal gift exchange
Phil and I don’t really go all out on birthday and holiday gift exchanges. The truth is that if either of us wants something, or finds something for the other, we buy it and immediately gift it. Neither of us has the patience to wait until the holiday to give the other a gift, and neither of us has the patience to wait until the end of December for a new pair of slippers.
But, if we were...
Another pet peeve I have about some Ethiopian adoption blogs is how they refer to their children as “my Ethiopian prince” or “My African Princess”. I never hear people saying like, “my Texas King” or anything. It’s just bizarre.
Man some shit blew up on an adoption email list I am on. Well, when I say blew up, I mean a handful of people got upset. I could see it coming when a few days ago, someone posted about their “natural” child being jealous of their “adopted” child. Oh lord, do not say natural child, or biological child, because all children are this.
Anyway, to me the high point was when...
I was reading the new benefits guide for Phil’s company. He would get $3k for adoption cost reimbursement, and three weeks paid time off! Plus any vacation he might have.
If we were to adopt from Ethiopia, they have recently changed the way adoptions are done. Previously, a representative of your agency could go to court on your behalf. Now, at least one parent must attend the hearing, and...
Today Phil IMed me to tell me that his new company (his old company was recently purchased, and we are now swapping to the upgraded benefits) offers reimbursement for adoption expenses up to $4k.
This is noteworthy because:
a) money!
b) Phil looked into this himself and brought it to me.
We had a conversation yesterday that I would limit my adoption talk to one link a day. I tend to be...
Siting bible adoption stories, saying Joseph adopted Jesus, this means nothing to me. You may as well tell me how Bilbo adopted Frodo.
I have recently become a bit jealous of those hardcore Christians who never question their paths, who may have doubts but are able to shrug their shoulders and say, I am not in control of my life. I am being guided by God.
Sometimes I wish that I had that...
ugh, fucking christians
This book I am reading right now is like, if you have a problem, pray to god and hand it over to him and he will seriously take care of that shit.
Also if other people are being rude to you, (specifically this is a book about adoption, so it is, if family members say hateful things to you about adoption/race of your baby/etc) pay to god that he will educate them.
What! No! It’s not like,...
