Thursday, April 30, 2009

Movie -- "Eagle Flute"

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FYI: Variety reports on the Monaco Charity Film Festival, where this interesting-sounding film was shown: "'Eagle Flute,' fr...
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

I Pray For Them

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Another busy day, with Zoe doing homework in the car as we drove from one activity to another. When we got in the car after ballet to drive ...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

What is a "real" mom?

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Cassi at Adoption Truth describes what a mom is, and what an adoptive mom should be: I don’t fall for the argument I see so often from ado...
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Why Americans Are Adopting Fewer Kids from China

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From TIME Magazine this week: [T]he new laws [tightening requirements for adopting] are only part of the reason that fewer Chinese children...
Monday, April 27, 2009

Oooooo-KAAAY!

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I love this story from China Daily , which you would NEVER find in a U.S. newspaper: Educationally mismatched but amorously sound Despite p...
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Saturday, April 25, 2009

Another list

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2009 Inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Jeff Beck Little Anthony & the Imperials Metallica Bobby Womack Run-D.M.C. So why a...
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Lists. . .

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. . . from the various conference presentations. I'm a good student -- I always copy down lists. When the teacher says, "There are ...
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Friday, April 24, 2009

Blog Friends

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What a treat today! I got to meet Wendy and her husband Jeff, and the always fabulous Madeline. They were gracious enough to drive for 2 ...
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The Conference So Far . . .

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. . . has been fabulous! I feel like a bit of a groupie, though, as I'm excited about meeting some of the "names" whose work ...
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Thursday, April 23, 2009

Keeping Me Company

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Zoe and Maya sent me to Cleveland with some items to keep me company. They plucked their favorite portraits from the mantle, and Maya drew ...
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Adoption Goes to the Movies

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Last night, the conference had a session about adoption themes in movies. The presenter, a social worker and adoptive mom, showed clips from...
Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Brush With Greatness

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I've just arrived at the AAC Conference in Cleveland, and I've already met someone "famous" -- Jean Strauss , documentari...
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

What we've been talking about

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Here's a word cloud of what we've been talking about this week -- hmmmm, we seem very, very angry! But there's a smattering o...
Monday, April 20, 2009

Anger & Adoption Books

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When Zoe talks about her birth parents, she's quite willing to talk about how she feels. She'll say candidly that she loves them, th...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

The Name Game

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I've posted before about naming adopted children -- in particular, changing the adopted child's name. AdoptionParenting , an excell...
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Friday, April 17, 2009

"Meant to Be" II

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I understand that everyone comes to adoption with a different world view. Some earnestly believe that their adopted child was "meant t...
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Thursday, April 16, 2009

China's Stolen Boys

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"Meant to be"

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Maya went to Chick-fil-a with a ballet friend after their class yesterday, and then Zoe and I went there after Zoe's class ended. Maya ...
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

"China's Excess Males"

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The British Medical Journal has published the results of a study done by two Chinese scholars. The study confirmed the widely-reported fac...
Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Don't Want to be Born a Rural Child

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Interesting opinion piece in China Daily , highlighting the economic divide between rural and urban families in China, recounting a trip to ...
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