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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is an eye opening blog post from a mom who adopted a toddler from China.  It's way more realistic than most adoption blog posts I have read.

http://www.nohandsbutours.com/2015/09/28/coming-home-there-is-a-season/[/quote]

Really? I find her overly-dramatic and typical of the "christian rescue mother" who has to make her daughter's past as traumatic as possible so that she can bathe in saintly glory :roll: 
Of course kids who have been institutionalized have extra needs, but her post is waaaaay over the top.
signed: been there.[/quote]

:thumbup: I get so tired of the bloggers show casing their kids for their own financial gain or fame.  What did she expect?[/quote]

+2, and I am the mom of two girls adopted from China with SNs.  I don't put my kids' info up on a blog for the whole world to see.  [/quote]

PS  I had a neighbor forward me a link to "No Hands But Ours"'s website one time.  It was a post the blogged had written about how her child had never had anyone to hug her when she was crying, to meet her needs when she was young, etc etc etc and that is what she wanted her child's new teacher to know at the start of a new school year.  The neighbor posted, "Thinking of you and your girls.  Am in tears right now."

Ummmm.

I thanked her for thinking of us but I did not open up about anything we have gone through, whether it is or is not the same as "No Hands But Ours."  Sorry, but it's just too dramatic for me.  Much less the lack of privacy.  My kids are real kids and have to grow up and function in this world and don't need everyone around them to know all about their early years before they even have a chance.

I also felt like the neighbor was asking me to be like, "OMG, this is just like our experience!" but no, I just thanked her and moved on.  I know she wanted more info, though.  Not everything has to be blogged about or put on a talk show.

We're doing fine and thanks for thinking of us.[/quote]

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