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Originally Posted by KarenInCa
Paul-
I don't think anyone is discounting your question. It's a legitimate question. Im concerned on a personal level too, that possibly something might happen to our daughter's first mother while she is pregnent with her, or that our daughter is somehow affected by the recent devistations. I don't know if our daughter is born yet, but I can certainly understand concern as to how it will trickle down to effect my own family, across the world here in the US, whether if it's longer wait times or trauma caused to our child.
However, I think this earthquake is so prominent, that it's difficult for many to consider anything but sadness and the horrific loss that is happening right now for others.
Your question is a valid question, but I think it's too soon for many of us to consider any portion of it.
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Thank you for your response Karen and I can understand what you are saying. That being said, I find the holier-than-thou tone of some responses unnecessary. If someone prefers not to respond....then just don't respond! Additionally, I do
not find concern for the tragedy in China and the concern about the adoption mutually exclusive, and take offense to the comments that try to interpret my words as not caring for the great hardship there.
A strong argument could be made that one should be even more concerned for a faster referral in the light of this tragedy....but I won't go into that because it was not in the scope of my original question.
What I was hoping for was some discussion on how China has handled crisis in the past and if it slowed-down or accelerated referrals...if orphanages are funding out of the same pot as that going to disaster relief, and etc.