Dawn has an incredibly well-written and moving essay about her open adoption up at Salon.com today. She speaks to a lot questions I have had about what an open adoption would be like for everybody involved. I know life happens differently for each person, and we all have our own filters, but this writing is so beautiful she makes the story accessible to all. Grab a box of tissues and please go read her essay.
"Autumn is the eternal corrective. It is ripeness and color and a time of maturity; but it is also breadth, and depth, and distance. What man can stand with autumn on a hilltop and fail to see the span of his world and the meaning of the rolling hills that reach to the far horizon?"
~Hal Borland
Stories We Need to Know: Reading Your Life Path in Literature by my dear friend Allan Hunter who happens to also be married to my dear, dear, dear friend Cathy Bennett. This one is next on my list!
March 8th, 2006 at 5:27 pm
it’s too early in the day to cry- (2pm is still too early)
November 24th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
I wonder how many adoptive parents have feelings like this when they take on the new child. I admire the lady who wrote it though, it is tough to admit. Having confronted the problem though, you are in a position to deal with it.
December 30th, 2006 at 10:19 pm
adoption…
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