I was going to write a long post about adoption in response to the comments to my last entry, but I'm not going to. Instead, go peruse Dawn's blog. She's done lots more thinking, research, and writing on the subject than I have.
I will say only this to those that defended the birth parents: most of the folks that read this blog are people who desperately want a child. So it's easier for them to identify with my friend than the birth parents. Forgive them for being insensitive. Also, I wish that your optimistic view of the birth or first parents were the truth. I can't reveal too much, but the situation for the baby is not good at all. This is a baby that is deeply loved and wanted on one end and starkly rejected on the other--and the baby isn't with the folks that love him. It's a terrible situation.
Every time I hear a story like Ellen's, I can't breathe. It feels, for a moment, like someone is taking Tori away. Is this normal? Cause it's making me crazy. If I make the mistake of watching the local news, it seems like there is ALWAYS a horrible story that makes me panic. The other day a new mother home with her newborn three-day-old baby was attacked (and nearly killed) and the baby stolen. Another mother who'd lost her baby (it was stillborn, I believe) saw the balloons outside and came over with a knife to take the baby. That particular news story almost made my head explode as a woman who has both lost a child and as a mother who has a living, breathing child. Who do you empathize with? Both mothers have now lost their children. Luckily, the baby was found and returned to the actual mother of the child (and she survived the attack) and the attacker, with any luck, will get the help she needs.
Gah.
No more local news for me.
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In other, significantly more trivial news, Gray's Anatomy season premiere tonight! I watched the season finale from last year again last night and wept like crazy, even though I'd already seen it (I'm crying a ton these days. There must be something hormonal going on with me). It's hard to believe how much I've missed these fictional people over the summer.
And don't forget ER! I swore I wasn't going to watch it this year but then they had to go and have Abby have a placenta abruption so you know I absolutely MUST watch. Luckily, they are not on at the same time. Heh.
I am SUCH a tv junkie. What are you looking forward to seeing this fall?
