tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post4635939553499209051..comments2023-09-29T15:38:34.435+05:30Comments on rooted: a child to love?------Read Write Poem/Monday Poetry Traingautami tripathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04192356825699543613noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-22297708766427805252008-05-17T21:41:00.000+05:302008-05-17T21:41:00.000+05:30Count me in . . . as an adoptive mom praying!Bless...Count me in . . . as an adoptive mom praying!<BR/><BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/>Linda<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://themanepoint.blogspot.com/2008/05/halter-skelter.html" REL="nofollow">HALTER-SKELTER, on THE MANE POINT</A> <BR/><BR/><BR/>NEW PROMPT THIS WEEK . . . at SIMPLY SNICKERS. ;-)LA Nickershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14891624164014505323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-21015931495223142262008-05-16T22:56:00.000+05:302008-05-16T22:56:00.000+05:30how sad to play with child's feelings like that!how sad to play with child's feelings like that!polonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12631341810150848122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-74630717987850105362008-05-16T05:14:00.000+05:302008-05-16T05:14:00.000+05:30...painful read... for all kinds of reasons... i'd......painful read... for all kinds of reasons... i'd like to think that thrz more to the story than taking her back.. with much pain on both sides.. sometimes we make decisions with the best of intentions and things happen beyond our control...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-16959559936204866392008-05-15T07:59:00.000+05:302008-05-15T07:59:00.000+05:30Yeah, how sad. A friend of mine just adopted a bab...Yeah, how sad. A friend of mine just adopted a baby after dealing with infertility for so long. Of course, that's the happy side of the story. The unhappy side - the 32 year old first time, single mother who didn't want the baby.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-31578286836556374782008-05-14T13:07:00.000+05:302008-05-14T13:07:00.000+05:30Gautami -I came to read this at your invitation. ...Gautami -<BR/><BR/>I came to read this at your invitation. It is very moving, and far too familiar.<BR/><BR/>As a child, abandoned at birth, and raised in my earliest childhood in an orphanage -- I know the confusion and emptiness such a child feels, in bed, alone at night, after the lights are out. It scars deeply. <BR/><BR/>Some heal, some do not -- and unfortunately, it is not always adoption that is the cure. <BR/><BR/>In my case, I was adopted into an abusive home. I got tough and angry. What social or emotional normalcy I may now possess, came much later in life -- once I was an adult, on my own in the world. <BR/><BR/>It took quite a while, and many painful mistakes, before I was reasonably adjusted -- well into my 30's.<BR/><BR/>I still have deeply suppressed anger, and carry a 'hole' in my soul, that will likely never fully close. <BR/><BR/>The silver lining is, it made me a pretty good father -- or so my grown children tell me.Rob Kistnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365982588165098990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-71319982156382988162008-05-14T02:53:00.000+05:302008-05-14T02:53:00.000+05:30i hope and pray she is being loved right now, and ...i hope and pray she is being loved right now, and is being taken care of. nice poetry.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12844013803699228989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-36952485516945996632008-05-14T00:03:00.000+05:302008-05-14T00:03:00.000+05:30it's horrible that children must audition to get a...it's horrible that children must audition to get a home. especially when it's rejection after rejection until one "works."<BR/><BR/>i think of this dynamic often in life: what we make work b/c it's what we've been given vs. what we choose. seems if people are looking to "choose" a child, their expectation about parenting are going to be too skewed for anyone to measure up.<BR/><BR/>so many people would love her, i'm sure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-50388457590147612422008-05-13T19:10:00.000+05:302008-05-13T19:10:00.000+05:30Breaks your heart. Thanks for this one, Gautami.Breaks your heart. Thanks for this one, Gautami.Don Iannone, D.Div., Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922412641433868679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-31560040412556084992008-05-13T18:03:00.000+05:302008-05-13T18:03:00.000+05:30Thanks for this poem.(Is this the Dutch couple? Or...Thanks for this poem.<BR/><BR/>(Is this the Dutch couple? Or were they Danish? The diplomat?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-42675154752350305762008-05-13T08:48:00.000+05:302008-05-13T08:48:00.000+05:30I can hear that little girl's heart being smashed ...I can hear that little girl's heart being smashed on the floor.<BR/>Cruel and Unusual punishment for a child who just wants to be loved.Romeo Morningwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826410608415260786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-52758255640050449902008-05-13T06:35:00.000+05:302008-05-13T06:35:00.000+05:30That's horrible.That's horrible.Noah the Greathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777681562599472033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-67890189970069904412008-05-13T02:26:00.000+05:302008-05-13T02:26:00.000+05:30I don't understand people, either. Or this world, ...I don't understand people, either. Or this world, at times. <BR/><BR/>I also wish I could do more than ache for kids who have to go through situations like this one. It's so unfair and I feel so powerless. I want to help, but how?Susan Helene Gottfriedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778191943289129869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-27758374978388902862008-05-13T00:32:00.000+05:302008-05-13T00:32:00.000+05:30Kids get attach so much so fast, I understnad the...Kids get attach so much so fast, I understnad the feeling that have brought to you that poem! And I am picturing that little girl looking the person with all her hope into her eyes!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12871047592501542942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-8673999142929122902008-05-12T21:30:00.000+05:302008-05-12T21:30:00.000+05:30seems to be enough "unwanted" children about to we...seems to be enough "unwanted" children about to wehre no one should have to have on eany moreozymandiazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891897071966903895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-61949873004972395392008-05-12T21:04:00.000+05:302008-05-12T21:04:00.000+05:30What a tragic story! Poor little girl. You told th...What a tragic story! Poor little girl. You told the tale so well in your beautiful poem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-87486732807405150952008-05-12T20:32:00.001+05:302008-05-12T20:32:00.001+05:30And thanks for participating in Jane's Inspiration...And thanks for participating in Jane's Inspirations!Jane Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087464056692451751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-41233813145374741292008-05-12T20:32:00.000+05:302008-05-12T20:32:00.000+05:30What a tragic tail. That poor child. My heart goes...What a tragic tail. That poor child. My heart goes out to her. You captured her plight very well in this poem. Another great piece!Jane Doehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087464056692451751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-81963162902292253212008-05-12T20:05:00.000+05:302008-05-12T20:05:00.000+05:30If we could just think of the children first....If we could just think of the children first....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15948327328580337155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-7850300582895154102008-05-12T19:59:00.000+05:302008-05-12T19:59:00.000+05:30Adoption is so vitally important. This is a tragic...Adoption is so vitally important. This is a tragic state of affairs.anthonynorthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06680944720744601697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-60360773375206406352008-05-12T19:18:00.000+05:302008-05-12T19:18:00.000+05:30Adoption is a serious undertaking... we have alway...Adoption is a serious undertaking... we have always adopted children in my family, from my own two oldest brothers to my sister and her daughter, to my aunt and uncle adopting an orphan from Viet Nam... <BR/>the feelings of the child should be foremost. Thanks for sharing this poem about this child, Gautami...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-79214819064968857412008-05-12T17:58:00.000+05:302008-05-12T17:58:00.000+05:30poor child, I should show this to my sister who's ...poor child, I should show this to my sister who's thinking of adoptingCrafty Green Poethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486633917197181851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13825130.post-74911167166122592282008-05-12T12:21:00.000+05:302008-05-12T12:21:00.000+05:30And here was me thinking that adoptions were diffi...And here was me thinking that adoptions were difficult ......<BR/><BR/>That poor child.........<BR/><BR/>I have a gun and am prepared to travel........Whitesnakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07681488364720396274noreply@blogger.com