Comments on: Adopting Me http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:04:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Tolles http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-639 Tolles Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:41:37 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-639 Yo, I told you that I'm actually your father, right? No? Man, I thought I told you that. Oh well. Look forward to the hair loss thing. It's not so bad once you get used to it. Yo, I told you that I’m actually your father, right? No? Man, I thought I told you that. Oh well. Look forward to the hair loss thing. It’s not so bad once you get used to it.

]]> By: jameystegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-638 jameystegmaier Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:07:58 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-638 PB--Thank you for your comment. It's wonderful to hear from someone who is connected to my birthmother. I agree that adoption can be a beautiful, selfless process (both from the perspective of the birthmother and the adoptive parents); I hope your children feel as blessed as I do. PB–Thank you for your comment. It’s wonderful to hear from someone who is connected to my birthmother. I agree that adoption can be a beautiful, selfless process (both from the perspective of the birthmother and the adoptive parents); I hope your children feel as blessed as I do.

]]> By: p.b. http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-637 p.b. Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:36:50 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-637 Dear Jamey, I know your birthmother and have already read the article she prepared as the follow-up to yours. She is a kind, generous, loving, and faith-filled woman and I can see that you are a fine man, worthy to be called her son, and a living testament to the loving arms into which she placed you 25+ years ago. I am the adoptive mother of three, and your article moved me in ways that words cannot begin to convey. My children are wonderful, loving people of whom I am deeply proud, and I love the three courageous women who gave them life as much as I love them. Thank you for telling your story. Adoption can be a beautiful process, and it can show us just how much we can love. Dear Jamey,

I know your birthmother and have already read the article she prepared as the follow-up to yours. She is a kind, generous, loving, and faith-filled woman and I can see that you are a fine man, worthy to be called her son, and a living testament to the loving arms into which she placed you 25+ years ago.
I am the adoptive mother of three, and your article moved me in ways that words cannot begin to convey. My children are wonderful, loving people of whom I am deeply proud, and I love the three courageous women who gave them life as much as I love them.
Thank you for telling your story. Adoption can be a beautiful process, and it can show us just how much we can love.

]]> By: Josh http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-636 Josh Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:46:11 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-636 If I had emotions, they would have been touched. If I had emotions, they would have been touched.

]]> By: jameystegmaier http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-635 jameystegmaier Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:24:17 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-635 Bob, thanks for your comment (and Charles, you too). These articles came to be when I connected from an old high school classmate whose sister works for Crosswalk.com. She mentioned that she was looking for articles from the perspective of adopted children--which she had never published--and I volunteered to share my story. I hope it helps parents considering adoption get a realistic picture of what adoption means to an adopted child, and how making that information transparent to the kid makes a big difference. Bob, thanks for your comment (and Charles, you too). These articles came to be when I connected from an old high school classmate whose sister works for Crosswalk.com. She mentioned that she was looking for articles from the perspective of adopted children–which she had never published–and I volunteered to share my story. I hope it helps parents considering adoption get a realistic picture of what adoption means to an adopted child, and how making that information transparent to the kid makes a big difference.

]]> By: Bob http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-634 Bob Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:09:22 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-634 FYI, it appears your top banner is eating a portion of the links to past and future posts. FYI, it appears your top banner is eating a portion of the links to past and future posts.

]]> By: Bob http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-633 Bob Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:07:54 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-633 Glad to have read the article, thanks for posting. And I look forward to hearing your birth mother's perspective. On or off-line, I'd be curious to hear: how did these dual perspective articles on your adoption come to be? Glad to have read the article, thanks for posting. And I look forward to hearing your birth mother’s perspective. On or off-line, I’d be curious to hear: how did these dual perspective articles on your adoption come to be?

]]> By: Charles http://jameystegmaier.com/2009/02/adopting-me/#comment-632 Charles Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:50:40 +0000 http://jameystegmaier.com/?p=680#comment-632 I enjoyed reading that; it was very heartfelt. I enjoyed reading that; it was very heartfelt.

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