Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Jailed

We recently received word that one of Danielle's birth siblings was convicted of a felony and sent to jail.

Given what I know about the particular family member involved, I'm not at all surprised, but the news made Danielle cry.

Oh how I wish we could cut off all contact with Danielle's birth family.  They bring no joy at all to our house.

But of course Danielle wants to see them anyway.

Sigh.
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  1. ErikaAugust 30, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Sad - but it's great to hear that she was able to respond to sad news with sadness and crying.

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  2. IlanaAugust 30, 2011 at 1:23 PM

    Well, this shows she is attached...

    The more I think of older child adoption, the more I come to the conclusion that it is wise to allow for differences between parent-child relationships when the parents knew the child from birth and parent-child relationship where they met later in life. It is not possible to erase what was before.

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  3. IlanaAugust 30, 2011 at 1:24 PM

    maybe it is quite wise that the concept of "adoption", i.e. changing someone's filiation does not exist in judaism...

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