Why does adoption get 2 days:
- November 9, 2026: World Adoption Day
- November 21, 2026:: National Adoption Day
- and I think the UK has their own day; maybe other countries do too.
and 2 separate “months “in November:
- National Adoption Month
- National Adoption Awareness Month
when the birthday of God’s Son only gets 1 day to celebrate
- Christmas: December 25
That’s messed up. It doesn’t seem right in the scheme of things.
Why was November selected to “celebrate” adoption? Why not May or August? Could it have something to do with AmericanThanksgiving and the gratitude that adoptees, birthparents, and adoptive parents are expected throw down?
I’m old, but when I was growing up adoption was a private affair, not something that was consumerized–or do I mean consumed–in public by the public to prop up an industry with a bunch of shady players? I can’t comprehend any of it, but I was born in more civilized times. I cannot imagine either set of parents–and remember that my bmom adopted 2 kids and my bdad adopted his stepson–yahooing it up. If adoption must be “celebrated, how about treating us like legal human beings, not a collective anomaly that must be protected while simultaneously protecting others from us?
By the way, have you noticed that the logo of World Adoption Day is a grabby hand? Interesting.
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I got so hung up writing a long piece that I’ll post tomorrow , that I forgot about today. Thus, I’m a little late.
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Poke the Bear 2026
NABLOPOMO 2026
Day 10–20 days to go!