This week for Fresh Outlook Friday I'm featuring my friend Judy. Why? Because I can! And because the sentiment in her entry needs to be heard by more people. That said, this is your Tissue Warning.

Judy just recently started blogging in public. Just Enjoy Him features the life of Judy (a self-professed "snarky" librarian), Husband Frank and Nate, their super-cute son adopted from Vietnam. As Judy and I have gotten closer over the past year (or two?), I've watched her own feelings evolve as she learns how to put them into words.

And put them into words she did. "We'll Bring Him To You" brought me to tears. Written earlier this week, it's been stuck in my head since I read it. Each time I read it, I am struck by the way Judy is able to articulate her feelings even if she thinks she isn't doing a good job at saying what she wants to say.

You need to head over and read the entire blog, in one piece, to understand the full effect of what Judy is saying. Even attempting to paraphrase or quote seems to me to be taking it out of context and thus clipping the message. But I'll quote a little, just to pique your interest:

It’s frustrating. Too many emotions, too much I want to do for Nate, too much I wish I could do for or say to his first mother and can’t. Across the miles. Across too many falsely imposed boundaries. We share a son. I wish I could say to her, “I know you love him, I know you did the best that you knew how for him. If you want us to and if he wants us to, we’ll try to find you. We’ll try to find you so we can bring him to you someday.”

Nate is a very lucky, very blessed little boy.

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Also! In discussions with a reader last week, I learned of a Yahoo! group that may be of interest to readers. BirthParentContact is for adoptive parents who have adopted internationally and are either interested in searching, are in the process of searching or have already located their child's birth mother, father or family.

Most refreshing? There are 891 members.

Have a great weekend all!



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Other posts in the Fresh Outlook Friday series:
6. International Openness. 2.9.07
5. When Thoughts Change. 2.2.07
4. Open Adoption for All - Part Two. 1.26.07
3. Open Adoption for All - Part One. 1.26.07
2. A New Family Formed. 1.19.07
1. What Open Adoption Is. 1.12.07.