whoa! I've read this twice now and i'm still not sure what to say. I think i'm still hung up on the pretty horrific "representation" (read 'stereotype') of appalachia.
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If I had adopted the poor, white, Appalachian children my boss adopted, would I be expected to maintain or teach them to value cultural standards like: filling baby bottles with Kool-Aid or Mountain Dew, keeping my yard filled with rusty metal objects, old appliances, and fighting roosters, eating greasy processed foods at every opportunity, spitting chewing tobacco into a tropicana can all day long, and trafficking in meth while letting my kids be raised by a big TV?
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-first time amom to dd, born 7/7/04
-placed in our arms by a very loving bmom 7/9/04
-bfather's rights terminated 9/7/04
-just connected with bdad!!! 2/9/05
-visited bfamilies for a week, awesome trip 6/05
-bfather signed legally binding open adoption
agreement 7/05
-finalized (woohoo!) 18th of November 2005
-Thinking about adoption #2!
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