tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post3651532701021619343..comments2023-08-25T07:18:40.267-05:00Comments on One Thing I Know For Sure: What A Pity.Ashley Gibsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17081658992370928521noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-8462794766034790162012-04-02T21:22:02.559-05:002012-04-02T21:22:02.559-05:00what i did when i saw the 'look'? i smile,...what i did when i saw the 'look'? i smile, and enjoy, and kiss my boy all over to prove them how happy we are, and with time i learned to ignore them<br /><br />now i have two kids with down synrome, i get the look again, or i notice it again, but oh well, who cares! we are happy!aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00487809628835627113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-29059154498879330772012-04-02T15:23:05.855-05:002012-04-02T15:23:05.855-05:00I love this post.
I know that look.
I understand.
...I love this post.<br />I know that look.<br />I understand.<br />It is good to know that I am not walking this path alone.<br />Well said.<br />Amen.Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311951190680406553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-39175111713112694852012-04-01T07:08:04.947-05:002012-04-01T07:08:04.947-05:00This is part of why I LOVE bringing kids with spec...This is part of why I LOVE bringing kids with special needs out into public places and just letting them BE KIDS. Because when their children see a child with special needs, they don't think the way adults do. They just see a potential playmate. and then the parents learn something too!Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15881590483174001768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-17510880597943888552012-03-30T14:21:42.443-05:002012-03-30T14:21:42.443-05:00Ashley,
I have to admit I was one of those "...Ashley,<br /><br />I have to admit I was one of those "lookers" because I had no idea. & I truly am soo sorry for every mother I put through that look. I had no idea the joy brought to families because I was unaware, until I found this world of special needs adoptions and mommies blogging their hearts out so others, like myself,understand. I am SOOOO happy my eyes were opened. You are soo right with this blog & "I wish I had known then what I know now." <br /><br />Prayers,<br /><br />MandyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-32259621052054970472012-03-30T08:47:23.645-05:002012-03-30T08:47:23.645-05:00I totally get ya Ashley. It's great you broac...I totally get ya Ashley. It's great you broach these topics, lay it all out there, and inevitably you're helping someone deal with it as well. NONE of this is easy, except the love part:) <br />I get "the look" too!!! But mine is cause our skin/hair color is different! (maybe the father is dark? oh no, she was infertile, she couldn't have her own, oh thats so sad. It's so wonderful she took in an orphan) Uggg! I cringed when I knew the question was coming.... "Where is he from?" Right in front of Aidan, like he's from Mars or something! I handle it better now, for Aidan's sake, and to educate. "Aidan was born such and such, we're an adoptive family. Aidan needs to know adoption is not a bad word. But most of the time I don't talk about the adoption, people can figure it out. Families are made in different ways, and Aidan knows the way our family was made is very, very special!Jeannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-61164829514896534492012-03-30T03:42:58.085-05:002012-03-30T03:42:58.085-05:00Awesome :) I love it.Awesome :) I love it.M.Hiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241956439079629519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-46135597780421877602012-03-30T02:58:56.009-05:002012-03-30T02:58:56.009-05:00Great advice! Normal is a Cycle on the Washing Mac...Great advice! Normal is a Cycle on the Washing Machine!Leahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02810972216463616755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-30265584624293827372012-03-29T19:06:05.616-05:002012-03-29T19:06:05.616-05:00Wow!!!! Thats great! To be honest, i fear that l...Wow!!!! Thats great! To be honest, i fear that look a little bit once we get our kiddo home. Now, i will look at it just the way you said! Thank you for that!!!!!<br /><br /><br />p.s. we hopped over from the blog hop :)Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239659257533376133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-4169081284604959512012-03-29T17:59:59.294-05:002012-03-29T17:59:59.294-05:00Your sweet Carter is SOOOO Darling!!! You chose a...Your sweet Carter is SOOOO Darling!!! You chose a treasure!Pamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10864285576101004987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-81138344591395370322012-03-29T17:42:21.023-05:002012-03-29T17:42:21.023-05:00Pity you? NO WAY! Envy you...Definately!
Love yo...Pity you? NO WAY! Envy you...Definately!<br /><br />Love your posts. They make my day! <br /><br />ErikaErikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11156425133470880514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-47254766248630358652012-03-29T16:17:16.734-05:002012-03-29T16:17:16.734-05:00I LOVE the analogy about the 17 yo screaming about...I LOVE the analogy about the 17 yo screaming about the jeans. :-) How true! (However, I do pray that never happens in our house w/ our girls!) Anyway, very true. Remember that day I went to Madtown for you? I had both Elijah AND Jonathan with me. I have never felt like such spectacle in my life..oh the looks and the GLARES...like how dare she have another child after having "one of those". But truthfully, most of the comments I get around here are about the number of kids I have. One of the funniest ones was an elderly man at the grocery store said something about me having my hands full...funny thing is that I only had the 3 "middles" with me (ages 5,7,9) - all very capable of taking care of themselves! I literally laughed at him and told him he had no idea. :-)<br /><br />Maybe we should do take our 3 Ukrainian boys on errands together someday and have a hidden video camera. That might worthy of a documentary!Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330166024621589790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-82263063427290620342012-03-29T15:07:35.365-05:002012-03-29T15:07:35.365-05:00Thank u. I hate "the look". I want to sc...Thank u. I hate "the look". I want to scream this lifes not what u think. Its oh so much better. no pity!<br />I would not change a thing if I coulda narrettohttp://narrettofamily.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-534516258316279739.post-65225318419542919182012-03-29T14:07:27.910-05:002012-03-29T14:07:27.910-05:00I really liked this post. You did chose him...and ...I really liked this post. You did chose him...and who wouldn't when you look at him? He is the cutest and happiest kid!AngelaLexi79https://www.blogger.com/profile/04869656672720310401noreply@blogger.com