Family Forum / Parenting / Adoption / December 2004

Cheers to all my alt a friends.  
Kathy J
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January.  Start with a
fresh page.  Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one,

"Steve White" <steve@spam.me.never> wrote in message news:steve-67507D.20452428122004@netnews.comcast.net...

http://www.saukvalley.com/282271849058232.bsp
Toddler headed back to Illinois
Published: Friday, December 31, 2004
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Evan Scott, a 3-year-old boy at the center of

"helicon" <helicon@eircom.net> wrote in message news:a9c1bada.0412301739.12f08ecf@posting.google.com...

Anita Creamer?  LOL
http://www.sacbee.com/content/lifestyle/story/11895923p-12782812c.html
Anita Creamer: Fox's 'Daddy' opens year with a new low
By Anita Creamer -- Bee Columnist

Robyn:<< Just got a note from my bmom, which is always nice.  However,
while I
know
she didn't throw this in there to hurt me in any way, the line "Having

What a doof!
http://www.app.com/app/story/0,21625,1160016,00.html
Adoption records bill must strike better balance
Earlier this month, the state Senate made a bad choice in passing S-1093, which

Dawn Scott: "We don't know how to prepare him," Dawn told us last
year. "We
don't know what to do and no one can tell us."
As the adoption experts, stupid. They separate children from their

It had to happen and now it's going to. I just saw an ad for an upcoming
reality show on Fox, "Who's Your Daddy?" The set up is a young woman
adoptee who interacts with 16 middle-aged dudes and has to guess which
one is her bio-dad. It's a ninety minute show, in a format that

Here's NCFA's letter to Fox on Who's Your Daddy.  I got it by email so
there's no URL.  I haven't checked on the NCFA page but I'm sure it's there.
(www.adoptioncouncil.org)  The hysteria is really growing.  In all my years
in AdoptionLand I've never see anything like.  Too bad ...

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/12/29/State/Poetry__plea_for_Case.shtml
Poetry, plea for Case 629
A Lithia woman eager to adopt a Kazakh girl is writing poetry and offering it
on eBay. So far, she has had no luck.

Greets to all on alt.adoption
Talk about your white christmas.
You hear it on CNN, you saw it on the Weather Channel, but let me tell you
from someone who was smack dab in the middle of it, it was as bad as it

http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20041226-095828-7838r.htm
A ballad for Bobbie Jo
By Terence P. Jeffrey
Nine days before Christmas, Lisa Montgomery of Melvern, Kan., went to the

http://www4.citizen.com/December_2004/12.29.04/news/concord_1229_04a.asp
New Year brings new laws
By COLIN MANNING
N.H. Statehouse Writer