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sweetlittledaisy7 · 1 year

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It's National Adoption Awareness Month

Here's what I'm going to leave you with.

Adoptive parents and everyone else.

1. Please stop telling adoptees they need to be grateful. We have nothing to be grateful for.

2. Our birth family will always be part of us. No matter how bad they are. Many of us think about where we came from. A closed adoption doesn't prevent our feelings of not knowing.

3. Stop sharing about adoption on social media. I hate the videos of adoptees crying getting adopted or the meet my adopted child. That's private. Stop sharing the child's story. We're people with our own feelings and interests not just the adopted kid. This also forces us to be grateful.

4. Stop promoting adoption. Yes. Unless it's the waiting kids from foster care who actually don't have people willing to take them in. They're waiting for adoption but because they're older most will never be adopted. I see people promoting infants getting adopted all the time. Praying for a mom to get pregnant so they can adopt. Promote the already born kids waiting.

5. We're our own person. We have our own thoughts and feelings many might not agree with. As an adoptee, I'm not obligated to follow what my adoptive parents follow or what everyone else wants me to follow.

6. Look for our birth family and keep records. Seriously, did you know in most states adoptees can't get their birth records? It's crazy. So keep records.

7. We don't have to be a cheerleader for adoption. Remember we didn't get a choice.

8. Stop using us for political nonsense.

9. Don't change our names, history, or background because you think we're blank states or to move on from our past. We have families before you ever came into our lives. I was an infant when I was adopted but before papers were signed I was inside my birth mom. I was hers before I was my parents.

10. Don't lie. Never keep secrets. We will find out. Trust me when we do you've broken any trust you had forever and will cause resentment. Be honest. Look, some of us came from horrible circumstances but that's life. It's our story. It's better for it to come from you so we can process it with you than for us to find out. Every adoptee should know they're adopted and their circumstances.

11. Don't get offended at real mom and dad or when we look/want a relationship with our birth families.

12. Not every little thing is a diagnosis. Sometimes it's grief.

13. An adopted child will never be the biological child you couldn't have.

#adoption #adoptee #adoptive parents #adoptive family #birth family #birthmom #national adoption awareness month

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orcelito · 5 months

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I am so #LoserCore with how little I can handle horror (I don't think I've ever even seen an actual horror movie in full, even clips are Enough For Me)

Honestly tho I don't care if it makes me a "loser" for refusing to watch any kind of horror movie at all. I'm just trying to take care of myself :p

#speculation nation #i am just so easily affected by the media i consume #to the point where i Will adopt the moods from it (& so i have to be careful about consuming darker stories)#(gritty fics can and Have sent me on entire mental spirals before. at least several times before.)#couple my general media empathy (i guess you could call it) with my general paranoia and it just #it does bad things to me. very bad things to me.#like man i literally sleep with a machete as long as my leg in my bedframe bc im so paranoid about possible intruders in my apartment #do u think i can handle consuming a story with that as the premise???? i would have nightmares about it for months and months and MONTHS #my dreams are already so bloody and dark and oftentimes horrible and i DO. NOT. NEED TO GIVE IT MORE AMMUNITION.#just. agh. it bothers me when ppl act like ppl who refuse to watch horror movies r just childish losers or w/e #if i hear a too-realistic scream it feels like claws in my ears. sinking into my brain. digging in and bleeding a dread so vivid #that it makes my heart seize. and screams are Kind Of Expected in Most horror.#so. i am over here enjoying my little stories with the cushion of Imagination rather than realistic portrayals #bc i already dream of the bloody. i dont need it to become more HD. thank u.

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omanatascha · 10 months

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#giphy #cats #black cat #cute kitten #african american girl #cute black girl with cat #national adopt a cat month

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earmo-imni · 2 years

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Sometimes a family is an English transfem daughter of a werewolf who can herself into a regular wolf, her half a dozen unusually intelligent wolf siblings, her quiet and lonely werewolf husband, their two adopted kids, their third child who is actually their dead friends’ son and living with his aunt and uncle but they consider him theirs anyway, the trans woman’s Northern Irish, butch lesbian half sibling who would absolutely fight God if ze weren’t Catholic, hir possibly-a-traitor best friend who doesn’t know how he got here but this is the happiest he’s ever been so he’ll take it, the cute shapeshifter girl ze keeps dancing around, and the werewolf husband’s only remaining school friend who keeps fighting with the lesbian and hir best friend but is still ride-or-die for the entire group.

#got so long winded i had to color code to keep track of what was what lol #anyway this is about my hp ocs and the array of canon characters they’re connected to #in order: sarah taylor (oc) her siblings remus lupin their kids harry potter aisling doherty (oc) severus snape nymphadora tonks and sirius #black #anyway random notes on my ocs:#sarah is a gryffindor and aisling is a hufflepuff #fenrir greyback is their dad (they do NOT get along with him for various reasons)#remus and sarah’s kids are adopted. they live in little whinging after james and lily’s deaths to keep an eye on harry and consider him #their third child #aisling was born and raised in the bogside neighborhood of derry northern ireland and lived through a 3 day battle b/t catholics and #protestants about a month before ze left for hogwarts. this contributed to #they ended up marrying but he died later on when he travelled back to england for a visit and greyback got him #aisling is a halfblood. (tw rape mention) fenrir raped hir mom while he was in derry looking for a target. said target managed to escape #him and after realizing what happened to aisling’s mom took her in so she wouldn’t get sent to a laundry #(a place women who had children out of wedlock often got sent to throughout both irish nations. basically prisons)#meanwhile sarah is…idk halfblood maybe? her mother was a halfblood and idk what greyback is #sarah’s mom was part of greyback’s pack and had two sets of children with him: sarah and a litter of wolf pups. problem was greyback kept #trying to bite sarah before she was old enough to survive it so the mom sent sarah and the cubs to her sister. greyback killed sarah’s mom #for the betrayal but was unable to find the kids. meanwhile sarah grew up with remus lupin and was present when he got bit. as a result both #families spent the years until hogwarts moving around to avoid being found or noticed. sarah became an animagus to spend full moons with #remus and spent much of her school years having a novel-worthy romance with him.#oh and aisling would be an oriented aroace nonbinary butch lesbian in today’s very specific modern terms. but in the 70s 80s and 90s people #tended to worry a lot less about specific labels #my ocs #hp #in the first war with voldemort sarah was in the order of course. aisling didnt get involved bc ze was busy dealing with the Troubles in #Northern Ireland at the time. she only got involved when snape switched sides and reached out to aisling for some much needed emotional supp #*support #sarah taylor originated from my first fanfic ever and aisling used to just be called ‘severus snape’s queer irish best friend’#marijn talks

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sayruq · 1 month

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Last week, Politico reported that President Joe Biden would “consider” conditioning military aid to Israel if the country launches a large-scale invasion of Rafah, where more than a million Palestinians are sheltering. “It’s something he’s definitely thought about,” said one of the four anonymous US officials cited as a source. This was about as weak of a position as could be imagined: The President had definitely thought about maybe doing something. Still, even this proved too much. One day later, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said the article was based on “uninformed speculation” by anonymous officials and that he wouldn’t be entertaining hypotheticals about how the US would respond to a major invasion of Rafah, which US officials have signaled they would accept in a more limited form. The dismissal was the latest indication of the administration’s almost complete unwillingness to even discuss imposing serious consequences on Israel for waging a war that has killed more than 30,000 people, most of whom were women and children. Instead, the administration has adopted a newfound feeling of impotence. As State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller put it last month, “The United States does not dictate to Israel what it must do, just as we don’t dictate to any country what it must do.” The absurdity of this position was made clear when a reporter interjected, “Unless you invade them.” Miller couldn’t help but laugh. It has been obvious for months that there are many things the Biden administration can do to restrain Israel and distance itself from a war that has been condemned throughout the world. The problem has not been a lack of options but a lack of political will. Daniel Levy, a former Israeli peace negotiator who is now the president of the US/Middle East Project, told me, “I think many of us who had very low expectations of the US and of Biden have had a rude awakening as to how much lower the actual performance has been [compared] to even the lowest of low expectations.”

As evidence of how important US backing has been for Israel, Levy cited veteran Israeli journalist Yoav Limor, who wrote in Hebrew earlier this month that without “Biden’s support, Israel would long ago have been forced to stop the fighting in Gaza due to a shortage of weapons, while at the same time it would have been forced to deal with United Nations Security Council resolutions (and possibly sanctions) against it.” Still, Levy thought it might take weeks or months of sustained US pressure to compel Israel to change course. In any case, Biden is under no obligation to provide thousands of bombs to a country whose leader has consistently ignored him as Israel wages a brutal war that has leveled much of Gaza and caused children to die of starvation. “We need to stick to our own values,” Ford said. “If our values say, ‘Starving children is way beyond the pale,’ then we need to react to that and take stern action, whether or not it changes Israeli policy.”

#yemen #jerusalem #tel aviv #current events #palestine #free palestine #gaza #free gaza #news on gaza #palestine news #news update #war news #war on gaza #genocide joe #butcher biden #genocide #gaza genocide #imperialism

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wilcze-kudly · 4 months

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You know what guys?

In like the first episode of Atla when Zuko captures Aang i genuinely think they'd end up becoming friends even faster than in canon. Like.... Zuko trapped on a boat with Aang for at least several months??? Constant exposure to the sweet eternal sunshine child? Zuko doesn't stand a chance. Also uncle Iroh would not help in the slightest l, he'd be down in the brig having tea with his newest adopted child.

Angsty addon: Aang learns about the Airbender genocide from Zuko and Zuko gets to witness the horror and grief his 'great nation' has caused, first hand. Three cheers for questioning your own morality.

#aang and zuko would speedrun the entire show #all this time the b plot is katara and sokka frantically trying to track down the avatar because they somehow LOST him #avatar aang #avatar zuko #zuko #aang #atla #the last airbender #avatar: the last airbender #avatar #i guess i can tag this as #zukaang #uncle iroh #iroh

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tired-fandom-ndn · 2 years

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Anyway.

For those of you aren't aware and aren't involved in NDN circles, the Supreme Court just declared that tribal territories and reservations are part of states and are under state jurisdiction, including in regards to charging someone and putting them on trial in state courts for crimes related to the tribe (as opposed to this being left up to tribal courts), undoing decades of precedent for the separation of tribal and state governments.

In a few months, the Supreme Court is also going to be giving a verdict on whether or not the Indian Child Welfare Act, the only thing keeping indigenous children with their families and communities instead of being "adopted" (trafficked) to white Christian families at every chance, is unconstitutional. This act is also dependent on the belief that tribes are sovereign nations and that giving our children to people outside of our tribes is akin to the US government taking Canadian children in the Canadian foster system and trying to adopt them out to American families.

If the ICWA falls, we're going to see a modern Sixties Scoop, with Native children being stolen from their tribes and families and cultures and assimilated into white Christian society. This is not only traumatizing for the children and their families, it's also a form of cultural genocide that has been used against us before and has devastating effects.

There are family members I never knew because they disappeared into the foster system as children.

This is the beginning of what's going to be wave after wave of attacks on indigenous sovereignty and tribal governance. The Supreme Court, even with a Democratic majority, has historically decided against upholding indigenous sovereignty and tribal protection. We're seeing genocide and forced assimilation become federal policy again.

edit: This post was made in June 2023, the Supreme Court decision in November 2023 upheld ICWA but on highly flimsy grounds and we will likely see it being revisted soon. Reblogs for this post are being turned off.

#ndn tag

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nationaldaycalendar · 2 years

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hypewinter · 7 months

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No one paid attention when the news broke that recluse billionaire, Vlad Masters had adopted his godson after a tragic incident befell his family.

Some people got intrigued when the boy was found 100 miles away from home some months later, rambling about not going back. An initial investigation was made into the home of Vlad Masters yet nothing was found. Subsequently the boy was sent back home.

A week later, the story finally made national headlines after Daniel Fenton-Masters was hospitalized. His hair had reportedly turned half white and he was repeatedly claiming "this was the only way" with no context.

Another investigation was launched into Vlad Masters and he was deemed unfit to be Daniel's guardian due to undisclosed reasons.

The latest incident to take place happened just a few days ago when hospital staff reported hearing a struggle coming from Fenton's room. Personnel and security rushed in just in time to see what they described as a "cartoonish vampire" leaving out the window.

It is then that Batman decides this boy is clearly being targeted by something and needs protection. It's a good thing then that he just so happens to have a "friend" who would make a perfect temporary guardian for the boy.

#dp x dc #dc x dp #dpxdc #dcxdp #winter's tales

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overtrred28 · 2 months

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Watch my shattered edges glisten| Leah Williamson x young!reader (platonic)

Summary; Being so good so young brings a lot of attention to you, especially when you make a simple mistake. Leah notices you struggling and helps you as you begin to crack under the pressure. Inspired by "Mirrorball" by my mother, Taylor Swift.

Pairings; Leah Williamson x young!reader (platonic), lionesses x reader (platonic)

Words; 2k

Warnings; sad, swearing, angst.

A/N; Is it too much to ask just to be comforted by Leah. Sorry about the sadness but it's so fun to write and play it out in my head. A little it rushed but I wanted to get something out and i'm off work sick so very clearly bored atm. Enjoy.

It was no secret that Leah felt a need to protect you and basically adopt you when you entered the senior team just a few months ago. You were quite young, like most of the other girls were when they got their first call ups, but there was a naivety and innocence to you that she felt the need to take you under her wing very quickly.

You had excelled very easily in the youth and U23 squads, becoming one of the best defenders for your age and following closely behind in the footsteps of the one and only Leah Williamson. So when you got that call from Sarina inviting you to your first senior camp, you were both excited and extremely nervous to be in the presence of your biggest inspirations.

There was a lot of press when your call up was publicly announced, people who had watched you in the younger squads cheering you on and other fans ready to see how you would fit within the senior team. A lot of the younger players in the squad were more than excited to hear of you finally moving up, most of you playing together and growing up together at national camps over the years. So there was no reason for you to worry about when arriving at St Georges park for the first time.

But the thought about being in an unfamiliar environment with new people and a new team still made you nervous. So it was understandable that you were quiet and reserved for the first day, still greeting everyone but unsure of where your place in the squad was just yet. The girls you had grown up with were lovely as always but it had been a few years since you were all together, so it was different.

That's when Leah knew she had to make the effort and ensure your transition to the senior squad was smooth and easy, making you comfortable with the girls which would benefit your performance on the field.

"Hey, y/n!" A voice called out to you, making you turn your head to find the Leah Williamson waving you over to her table. You swallowed your nerves before walking over to her with your breakfast tray in your shaky hands. She shifted over to make a space for you between herself and Keira. That was the first and certainly not the last time Leah had made sure you felt welcome and supported on the team.

A few camps in and everyone was calling you a mini Leah, not that you minded. You and the older defender had a lot in common, making it easy to get along and create a sisterly bond quite easily.

Despite being in a lower-ranked team of the WSL, many people already knew who you were and were ready to support you as you joined the senior squad. This helped with your nerves as you waited to sub on during your first national game, hearing the home crowd cheer as your number displayed beside Leah's.

"You've got this little one." Leah whispered as she hugged you, making your heart swell and your eyes roll at the nickname before you ran out and took her place on the field next to Millie and Lotte.

It's safe to say your run with the national team has been going quite well since your first game, finding yourself appearing in every match and even starting in the two in the previous camp.

Your impressive defensive skills and tactics had been noticed when you were on national duty and during regular matches, causing your agent to call you with many offers from many different clubs in the WSL and even other leagues. But there was one that stood out and would be a no-brainer to transfer during the January window, especially as a place to work on your skills ahead of the World Cup this summer.

So you officially left the club that started your professional career at 18 just three years ago and set off to North London, moving into Leah's flat; nice and close to the Colney.

It was in a friendly against Australia where you made a simple mistake that would impact you and your career so harshly, so quickly.

3 months out from the world cup and this one mistake almost cost you your spot in the World Cup squad... or so you were made to believe.

It was a simple mistake that plenty of players all over the world had made before; stepping out that little bit too much during a tackle and risking the player you were trying to mark, especially with the current weather conditions. That's all it took. But you knew the moment your studs hit Kyra's boot, your match was over.

The whistle was blown within seconds of her body hitting the floor and her grabbing onto her foot where your studs had accidently landed. You looked down to where her team was beginning to surround her, frozen in place until a hand on your shoulder shook you out of it and your head moved the ref who was reaching in her back pocket. The red card came into view and although you knew it was coming, your heart still sunk as she wrote your number on the back.

A few of the England girls began to start arguing with ref that it should have at least been a yellow, but you knew there was no point, anyone could see that it was a definite red and you were officially benched for the rest of the game and the next one coming. So with a hung head you walked off the field and over to the tunnel, the voices of your teammates and the disappointed home crowd blurring into the background, everything feeling as though it was in slow motion as the rain continued to fall.

"I'm sorry." You spoke to Sarina who silently nodded her head at you, both a sympathetic and disappointed look on her face as you passed by and walked down to the change room.

You sat down on the bench in front of your cubby and stared down at the boots that let down the team and left them a man down with 20 minutes still to go.

There was something bubbling in your chest that should have been anger at the situation but it was just bitter disappointment in yourself and that was ultimately worse. Water formed in your eyes and your throat began closing up as you bit back the tears that were trying to escape, but you couldn't let them.

You ended up showering and changing into your tracksuit as you waited for the match to end and what you presumed would be a lot of upset teammates ready to storm in and hurl their anger towards you. You curled up in your cubby, headphones on but no music playing, and closed your eyes as you waited.

You were so buried within yourself that you hadn't noticed all the girls coming in and spotting you making yourself so small, breaking all of their hearts as they could see how hard you were taking this.

It was Esme who eventually disturbed you, tapping your shoulder gently, silently nodding to the door of the once again empty changeroom after everyone began to leave for the bus.

She threw her arm around you, tucking you into her side as you walked out to the back and towards the bus where everyone was waiting. Once again you were left alone by the girls on the bus, they could see you were utterly disappointed and didn't want to accidentally make it worse. So although you were sat by yourself, you could feel 22 pairs of eyes on you every so often, but most intensely from a blonde captain further back on the bus.

It didn't take long for the press to have their say on the incident, immediately shaming you for your mistake and basically flushing your name and reputation down the toilet. So as you mindlessly scrolled through social media on the way back, your feed was filled with posts and comments about the incident. You knew better than to read what they wrote about you, but you couldn’t stop, obsessed with reading every article that featured your name.

Most of the comments were the same, things like "how dangerous it really could have been" and that you were "young and reckless and irresponsible with your choices as a defender." Deep down you knew they were wrong about you but it was hard to fight through the voices saying they were right and that you were a bad footballer.

Leah started to get worried when you were not only ignoring the other girls, but then you began distancing yourself upon returning home with her. You stayed in your room as much as you could and tried to stay away from Leah but it was hard when living in the same house.

The night that you got back she barely heard from you, wanting to respect your privacy for as long as she could but when she heard your soft cries through the door she couldn’t ignore it any longer.

“Y/N?” She knocked softly on the door, waiting for a response but you stayed quiet. “I’m coming in okay.” She gave a warning before opening the door softly, her eyes instantly finding you tucked into the covers facing away from the door. “Oh little one.”

Her soft voice made a sob finally escape and you began properly breaking down for the first time. She hated seeing you like this, contrastingly different to the bubbly, mischievous person you were known to be. She crawled up under the covers, rolling you over and placing your head upon her chest.

“What can I do?” She began smoothing your hair with her fingers, she knew this is what came with becoming a footballer in the spotlight but she didn’t think it would get you this early in your career.

“Just hold me please.” Your voice was soft and broken, trying to stop the images and words they were saying from spiralling in your mind.

“None of what they say is true, I need you to know that.” Leah spoke again after a few minutes of silence, finally feeling your breathing slow and the tears stopping. “It was an accident and you know it, I know it, she knows it and they know it too.” She was referring to Kyra who you had already sent a message to, apologising for hurting her and the media who were riling up a story to fill their articles full of nonsense for more money.

“This does not change who you are as a person or a player, it happens to everyone and it will go away once they find something new to talk about. But you need to ignore them.” She continued, waiting for any kind of response. “Promise me you’ll ignore them.” Leah looked down at you, tapping your head as a signal to look up at her.

“I promise.” You gave her a small smile while nodding.

“Come on, let’s go eat some smileys.” She flung the covers off and pushed you up with a laugh, getting one out of you for the first time since it happened.

“You have the pallet of a five year old.” You shook your head as you crawled out of your bed.

“And what about it?” She wrapped an arm around your shoulder as you exited out to the kitchen, pressing a small kiss to your head as you walked together.

It was at that moment you felt truly grateful for Leah and all she had given you since joining the Lionesses and Arsenal. She took you in and gave you an environment to thrive and be comfortable in a new place when she didn’t have any obligation to. But you would forever be in debt to her kindness and never reject anything she gave to you.

#woso imagine #woso fanfics #woso x reader #leah williamson #leah williamson x reader #lionesses #england wnt #engwnt

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sweetlittledaisy7 · 1 year

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Continuing on from previous posts.

Our stories and experiences are set by other people. Especially by our adoptive parents. We can't have our own feelings. We can't share and not share our own stories or feelings. People even unintentionally expect us to be grateful.

Sex was a not a topic of choice for my parents. I grew up in a very strict sheltered small town in the Bible belt. Sex is meant for marriage. If you have sex before marriage you're used up and broken. I remember at church being told to drink a cup of water other kids spit in. The youth pastor told us this is what happens when you have premarital sex. Would you drink this cup of water others spit in? Or this cup of water that's pure? Purity pledges and rings are still a thing. Even at schools. It basically means you make a vow to God and your family you'll remain pure until marriage. I took this pledge well forced to take it. Now, as an adoptee I think about how my own birth mom had premarital sex. The crazy thing is she grew up similar as me. Maybe that's why she chose my parents. My birth mom grew up in a Christian environment. Sex is always risky for an adoptee and can be confusing due to our circumstances. Sex is why we had to be adopted and there's always the fear of what if. At least for me. I can't lie and say I didn't shame my own birth mom. I did as a young teen. Actually, right after my purity pledge. If only my birth mom kept herself pure she wouldn't have gotten pregnant with me. So the consequences of that was me. It was actually told to too as an example. Don't have sex. Look how your birth mom ended up. Yes, I feel guilty about it now but I was young. Especially since now I have feelings for a boy. I can't lie and say I'm not thinking about sex because I am but I know these feelings are confusing for me. But my upbringing and pledge is something I think about hard now. Even question.

The topic of abortion is always it's murder and give your baby up for adoption. I remember being told I'm a gift and my birth mom chose life. She didn't abort me. She chose adoption. I was the poster child for adoption and I still am. I hate it. Even though I didn't choose this. I held signs that I didn't understand. I did Orphan Sunday and adoption events being seen as the grateful adoptee. In Christian circles that's the norm. Babies are saved from abortion. In reality, babies aren't saved from abortion. My birth mom didn't want to abort me. Even if she did that's her own choice. When I step back and think about it, abortion just seems like the most logical answer and I get why. My birth mom had to drop out of college due to her pregnancy, labor for days with me, give birth, then hand me over to my parents. I can never ever do this. My own baby going home with strangers. So saying don't abort just give it up honestly sounds disrespectful to me. As if a baby is a sack of potatos you give away. It ignores the reality of it all. Pregnancy and childbirth. My birth mom going back home to tell her family she got pregnant in college. Adoption is also hard. Being adopted isn't easy at all. It's not the fairytale people make it out to be. The woman that gave birth to you didn't want you. It doesn't matter how good of an adoptive family you have. The one woman that should keep you didn't. It hurts. It's painful. It gives you issues. Why weren't you good enough to keep? Notice the people who shout adoption over abortion aren't adoptees themselves.

Then we have marriage.

Marriage is the goal. Marriage then kids. It's common to see people my age and younger get married. My parents got married super young. Some classmates and friends literally got married at 17 or right after graduation. I honestly think these couples just want to have sex but that's my opinion of it. My birth mom wasn't married when she had me. So it brings a sense of shame on me. I wasn't created out of love because she wasn't married. Will I get married? I don't know. I hope so. But then again who would marry me? Can I actually get close enough to a person? Will they leave me?

I never thought about these things until recently. I never had a boyfriend. Never had sex. Never been kissed until recently. But I'm starting to question it all. Who am i? Am I the conservative adoptee who will save sex until marriage and continue to be a cheerleader for other people? Am I the adoptee who doesn't believe in their upbringing? Will I stumble and give into temptations? Will I end up like my birth mom? Pregnant and unmarried?

I think that's my biggest fear. Disappointing people. Fear of being left. Fear of rejection. Fear of being unmarried and pregnant. Fear of falling in love. My entire life has always been about other people and making them happy. Following a script with a force smile. So what about me? What do I want?

I thought I had my life planned out. Clearly, it's not. I can't imagine having a baby and giving it away to strangers. I can't imagine being married right now. I can't imagine having sex. I don't want to be the poster child or cheerleader for adoption. I'm not necessarily against abortion and wouldn't abort myself. I don't know where I lean politically. I'm just following my parents. But now I have my own feelings and thoughts. I want to control my own life. Maybe this is my start at finding out who I am.

#adoption #adoptee #adoptive parents #adoptive family #birth family #birthmom #christian #feelings #national adoption awareness month

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afeelgoodblog · 9 months

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The Best News of Last Week

1. ‘It was an accident’: the scientists who have turned humid air into renewable power

Greetings, readers! Welcome to our weekly dose of positivity and good vibes. In this edition, I've gathered a collection of uplifting stories that will surely bring a smile to your face. From scientific breakthroughs to environmental initiatives and heartwarming achievements, I've got it all covered.

In May, a team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst published a paper declaring they had successfully generated a small but continuous electric current from humidity in the air. They’ve come a long way since then. The result is a thin grey disc measuring 4cm across.

One of these devices can generate a relatively modest 1.5 volts and 10 milliamps. However, 20,000 of them stacked, could generate 10 kilowatt hours of energy a day – roughly the consumption of an average UK household. Even more impressive: they plan to have a prototype ready for demonstration in 2024.

2. Empty Office Buildings Are Being Turned Into Vertical Farms

Empty office buildings are being repurposed into vertical farms, such as Area 2 Farms in Arlington, Virginia. With the decline in office usage due to the Covid-19 pandemic, municipalities are seeking ways to fill vacant spaces.

Vertical farming systems like Silo and AgriPlay's modular growth systems offer efficient and adaptable solutions for converting office buildings into agricultural spaces. These initiatives not only address food insecurity but also provide economic opportunities, green jobs, and fresh produce to local communities, transforming urban centers in the process.

3. Biden-Harris Administration to Provide 804,000 Borrowers with $39 Billion in Automatic Loan Forgiveness as a Result of Fixes to Income Driven Repayment Plans

The Department of Education in the United States has announced that over 804,000 borrowers will have $39 billion in Federal student loans automatically discharged. This is part of the Biden-Harris Administration's efforts to fix historical failures in the administration of the student loan program and ensure accurate counting of monthly payments towards loan forgiveness.

The Department aims to correct the system and provide borrowers with the forgiveness they deserve, leveling the playing field in higher education. This announcement adds to the Administration's efforts, which have already approved over $116.6 billion in student loan forgiveness for more than 3.4 million borrowers.

4. F.D.A. Approves First U.S. Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pill

The move could significantly expand access to contraception. The pill is expected to be available in early 2024.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription for the first time in the United States, a milestone that could significantly expand access to contraception. The medication, called Opill, will become the most effective birth control method available over the counter

5. AIDS can be ended by 2030 with investments in prevention and treatment, UN says

It is possible to end AIDS by 2030 if countries demonstrate the political will to invest in prevention and treatment and adopt non-discriminatory laws, the United Nations said on Thursday.

In 2022, an estimated 39 million people around the world were living with HIV, according to UNAIDS, the United Nations AIDS program. HIV can progress to AIDS if left untreated.

6. Conjoined twins released from Texas Children’s Hospital after successfully separated in complex surgery

Conjoined twins are finally going home after the pair was safely separated during a complex surgery at Texas Children’s Hospital in June.

Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller were in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for over four months after their birth on March 1. A large team of healthcare workers took six hours to complete the surgery on June 14. Seven surgeons, four anesthesiologists, four surgical nurses and two surgical technicians assisted with the procedure.

7. From villains to valued: Canadians show overwhelming support for wolves

Despite their record in popular culture, according to a recent survey, seven in 10 Canadians say they have a “very positive” view of the iconic predators.

Here's a fascinating video about how wolves changed Yellowstone nat'l park:

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✧.* you disappeared from the face of the earth for a couple of months for reasons and while your life is looking amazing to the outside, you've been going through it.

✧.* happy new year babies ❤️ theres a lil' times skip here — tag list is closed, follow @landonfourlibrary to be notified for updates :)

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norrizz I KNEW IT!!!!

cecilemoulin never been more excited about anything before 😍

bott_ass I am in fact speechless (in a good way)

charles_leclerc congratulations you guys!

sharl16 another baby for Charles to obsess over 😂

norry4 and y'all were convinced they broke up..I knew they were up to something 😂

mclaren baby mclaren 👶🏻🧡

carlossainz55 congrats! ❤️

chilisainz alexa play that should be me by Justin Bieber

hamilt44n a siblings just for me? 🥺

lanlan y'all sleeping on the last picture, this baby is already acting like a menace 😭

y/nluv ma'am this is more than just breaking your arm and having some complications 💀

landonorris ❤️❤️❤️

carlandooo dilf lando

y/nlandooo so happy for y'all but are we all going to ignore milou in y/n her likes 😭

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piastripastry thank you for adopting oscar, it means a lot 🥺

norry4 never screamed so hard when I saw you pop up on my TV 😭

y/nlandooo living that wag life like you should

landonorris wrong hat..

oscarpiastri not really

y/nusername no

norrizz mom and dad fighting about the kids already 💀

leclerc_16 Charles smelling babies from miles away and trying to convert them to ferrari kids like usual..

yukisan milou hiding in the likes again

oscarpiastri 👍

y/nusername seat robber

landoscar lmfao stop 🤣

mrlandonorrizz aw lando and his parents 🥺

cecilemoulin friend sees cat, friend needs to stop, friend needs to take a picture

bott_ass did she take this one home too?

y/nusername wasn't allowed to take it home, had a good cry about it 😔

bott_ass why'd they mistreat a pregnant woman like that? :(

carlandooo so happy to see you back on the grid 🥰

maxfewtrell what's your man trying to do in that last picture?

y/nusername trying to feel important

cecilemoulin happy to see the step stool is used in public too

landonorris thanks guys

julieeeexo is it national bully lando day? 😂

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maxfewtrell can't believe we're getting a second version of lando in a couple of weeks..

sharl16 the bullying just multiplied

carlandooo tripled, y/n bullies max as much as lando does 😂

hamilt44n how far along are you actually?

norrizz my babies are growing up so fast 😭

bott_ass boy mom y/n? Makes sense!

norry4 a mini lando? 😭

landonorris I'm always right

y/nusername boy i never said you were wrong..

yukisan kids no fighting pls :(

landonorris 💙💙💙

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chilisainz oscar night out with his parents 🥰

norry4 someone tell milou to fuck off, she's dead to all of us..

yukisan fuck off @.milouberger

carlito55 be gone @.milouberger

norstappenn you're gonna get married here right? RIGHT?! 👀

fewtrelllando a couple of besties on their night out 😭

bott_ass super happy you're becoming a mom but I'm sad we don't get to see you drive in Vegas :(

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