tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919787212790028314.post9092251632982327280..comments2023-06-13T06:37:31.694-07:00Comments on Kathleen I Mean . . . : My "Real Child" MatthewKathleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13011960830278319895noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919787212790028314.post-28986054544140374652009-12-07T18:37:54.281-08:002009-12-07T18:37:54.281-08:00Thanks for writing what needs to be written over a...Thanks for writing what needs to be written over and over again until people understand how insensitive their comments can be. Adoptive families are "real families" that consist of "real parents" and "real children". Stay strong...together we'll all make the world a better place for our children.<br />The other word that can sting is "my own children" a comment that will be said by those maybe considering adoption but wanting their "own" children first ... aren't my children my own?MommySquaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394551261768566946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919787212790028314.post-78220805272886410042009-12-06T16:30:48.496-08:002009-12-06T16:30:48.496-08:00What is remarkable about this to me is that it is ...What is remarkable about this to me is that it is precisely because you are his mother that her thoughtless lack of word choice hurt you so deeply. I am feeling you big time over here. Your post is beautiful in all of it's pain. Real pain from a real mama. We'll educate the world, one adoption, one family, one post at a time!!!!!Mama Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10000640021795531897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919787212790028314.post-19257847664557481112009-12-06T12:07:29.251-08:002009-12-06T12:07:29.251-08:00Kathleen,
Thanks for writing what needs to be wri...Kathleen,<br /><br />Thanks for writing what needs to be written over and over again until people understand how insensitive their comments can be. Adoptive families are "real families" that consist of "real parents" and "real children". Stay strong...together we'll all make the world a better place for our children.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10617056428966652330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919787212790028314.post-19169965485418874742009-12-06T12:07:14.899-08:002009-12-06T12:07:14.899-08:00I am so sorry that you faced such pain today.
Mat...I am so sorry that you faced such pain today. <br />Matthew is VERY real to me. You are his real mother in my book. Giving birth does not make you a mother...raising them with love and preparing them for this world is what makes you a mother.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com