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The first full week of November was, well, full! It was also the first full week of NaBloPoMo and I’m happy to announce that the birth/first parent blog is on schedule! I’m not 100% sure that we’ll meet the challenge this year if our son arrives early but, alas, we’ll keep on keeping on in hopes of succeeding!
We’ve got a theme going on this month (to help me along with the NaBloPoMo challenge) and, thus far, it’s been very enlightening. I’ve been in the process of an in depth look at post-adoption contact agreements and that state-by-state statutes. I’ve learned a lot! For example, I’ve learned that politicians are wordy and that laws are often confusing. Some lack enough explanation to know how they cover a specific issue while others get too specific to include variations in theme. All the same, I’ve learned even more when readers have taken the time to comment about the states in which they reside!
And so, this week we covered a few different states. Let’s look at each with a brief comment:
- California: Wordy, wordy state that attempts to cover all bases on the topic.
- Connecticut: Leaves some room for improvement.
- Florida: Incredibly unfriendly birth parent state.
- Louisiana: Concentrates mostly on foster-to-adopt situations and leaves no room for domestic newborn adoption circumstances.
- Maryland: Gives some good ideas but has some confusion regarding word choice.
posted about a video that is raising awareness for mothers of adoption loss. (Honestly, go watch the video.) Unfortunately, the drama was not about the video but an argument regarding “semantics” and how birth parents are (or, “are not”) ignored in the grand scheme of National Adoption Awareness Month. Ah, such is life. For anyone who missed the real point of the post, raising awareness for the birth parent experience, I strongly encourage you to go and watch the video! It’s moving. Grab some tissues.
Hand-in-hand with the video, I posted (on Love Thursday) about a mini-project from another first mom entitled “The Faces of First Moms.” Again, get your tissues ready. I’m really enjoying the projects that some birth mothers are doing and/or releasing this month to help raise awareness about adoption grief and loss. By enjoying, of course, I mean that I’m proud of these mothers. Because there’s nothing “enjoyable” about grief and loss.
I also shared an idea of how you can share your Thanksgiving dinner table with your placed child in this week’s Creating Traditions idea. Please let us know if you do anything like that with your child’s family!
Here’s hoping your next week goes well!
