Background: On my last visit with Cupcake and her Mom I mentioned while taking pictures of Cupcake how much my friends loved seeing the pictures and hearing about the visits. She knows that friends IRL don't know and that forums are my support and that my friends in adoption are from cyberland. She knows I blog, she knows I'm here, and she knows I'm Thanksgivingmom. Bottom line, she could find me - maybe she has, (Hi D!) Anyway, I quickly interrupted myself and assured her that I only send pictures to people that I "know" very well or make sure that they're password protected and only give passwords to those I'm very close with. She looked at me and said, "TG, they're your pictures of Cupcake and you can do whatever you like with them. She's beautiful, share them however and with whomever you like!"
I know I've read on here that a lot of aparents might not want their child's first parents posting pictures on public areas (Myspace, blogs, etc.) and at this point absolutely everything that I have like that is VERY private and hidden away lock, stock, and barrell.
So, I guess my question is this: If given permission from her like that,
can I post Cupcake's pictures? I'm not even sure I want to or anything, but I do sometimes get so jealous of aparents that can show off their kids as they please, or bparents that DO have the relationship where they know it's okay. I know that if I ever did choose to publish them anywhere (here, blog, etc.) that they would be pictures that couldn't be traced to a location or anything (not in front of some recognizable landmark) and would be perfectly normal, appropriate pictures and wouldn't be connected to me doing anything crazy or harmful in any way.
For me, the only people in the world that know about Cupcake and her place in this world as my daughter are people I don't really "know" - or have had the fortune of meeting once. It's my greatest joy to get to share that with them! (YOU!)
Okay, I'm really rambling on now...so opinions please. The lines are now open
