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PumpkinAle

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10. Very similar story here

Sat Mar 7, 2015, 01:13 PM

Mar 2015

except a boy and on his 21st birthday we were all crying at dinner because he told us how great as parents we had been/are, how now he understood why there were rules and how much we loved him, how sorry he felt for others who did not have the support and love of their parents, and we told him how wonderful a son he was, how lucky we were and how proud of him we were.

Yes it was tough at times, but throughout we told him "you are our son and we are not giving up on you" - there was never a doubt.

And just like your child wellstone dem, our son is an amazing young man and is loved.

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"Rehoming" kids adopted from foster care when the going gets tough [View all] wellstone dem Mar 2015 OP

Great post cyberswede Mar 2015 #1

Yes - please take the time to read the linked article on Wonkette. erronis Mar 2015 #9

Lovely article. Re-homing makes me kinda sick. Rejecting a rejected child all over again? Shrike47 Mar 2015 #2

"Re-homing" sounds so much better than "dumping" n/t Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #4

That's exactly what I thought wellstone dem Mar 2015 #5

I struggle to understand how someone who went through the formal adoption process Gormy Cuss Mar 2015 #6

Thank you. westerebus Mar 2015 #3

wellstone dem Diclotican Mar 2015 #7

Actually I adopted my daughter wellstone dem Mar 2015 #8

wellstone dem Diclotican Mar 2015 #12

Just to clarify wellstone dem Mar 2015 #14

wellstone dem Diclotican Mar 2015 #15

No problem at all wellstone dem Mar 2015 #16

wellstone dem Diclotican Mar 2015 #18

Very similar story here PumpkinAle Mar 2015 #10

Thanks for sharing wellstone dem Mar 2015 #17

"Rehoming is just another word for abandoning." LWolf Mar 2015 #11

More from Wonkette wellstone dem Mar 2015 #13

wonderful story Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #19

As somebody who works in the Child Welfare system Proud Liberal Dem Mar 2015 #20

Amen! wellstone dem Mar 2015 #21