Michelle Smiles

Teaching my children to question authority, except mine.

I heart NPR

July27

I don’t get to listen to NPR often anymore because I’m not stuck on a bridge commuting to and from work. But I saw a link to these stories on a message board. It is series about adoption. If you have a few minutes, listen to the stories (the audio has more info than the written story). It is interesting. Also, Dr. Phil started a 2 days series yesterday on adoption scams. Three women who were scammed by the same person posing as a pregnant woman interested in placing her child have a chance to confront the woman. I saw the show yesterday and it had me near tears. I know the yearning they all feel for a child and I can’t imagine the heart ache. I know at least one of our friends out there in blog world has experienced something similar.

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6 Comments to

“I heart NPR”

  1. On July 27th, 2007 at 1:48 pm Steph Says:

    One of those women ended up adopting from Guatemala and posts on adoption.com.

  2. On July 27th, 2007 at 2:11 pm Alleen Says:

    yeah, I saw the Dr. Phil series when it first ran a couple of months ago. She does post on adoption.com and has a beautiful child from Guatemala. Thank goodness there was a light at the end of that dark tunnel for her. What an absolutely horrible experience to go through. It will haunt those familes forever, I’m sure.

  3. On July 27th, 2007 at 4:20 pm jane Says:

    I saw those shows the last time they were on, too. It was horrible to watch.
    But I really came here to say YIPPEE the Blog Roll is back!! No more hopping around, blog to blog, trying to find everybody!
    Thank you!!

  4. On July 28th, 2007 at 11:56 pm Jane Says:

    Michelle –
    Thanks for sharing the NPR link. I used to listen to Morning Edition on my way to work, too. I just had time to listen to a couple of the segments tonight, but I’ve bookmarked them to go back again later.
    I was glad to see Adoption Learning Partners mentioned. I had taken their Conspicuous Families internet course last year when I started my home study. They give some good ideas for answering those intrusive (read: STUPID) questions that people ask about international adoption. Might as well start practicing some socially acceptable responses now! Thanks again for the link.

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