NAM/NAAM Day 18: National Adoption Day 2023: God Did WHAT????
As adopted people, of course, we are accustomed to the God tropes assigned to us, especially during NAM/NAAM/NAD. We are: “God’s gift,” “God’s Plan” or “an answer to prayer”–all of which pust a load on us, especially when we get older, turn into Satan’s ungrateful spawn, and want answers and paperwork. Then there is Rosie O’Donnell, back in her adoption facilitation days, telling a little adoptee on national television that she (Rosie, that is) superseded God. “God made a mistake and put you in the wrong tummy, and I had to fix it.” Continue Reading →