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Entries from June 2008

There Is No Shame in Surrender

January 29th, 2008 · 34 Comments

Please listen.
There is no shame in understanding that it’s too much, or in recognizing your limitations.
There is no shame in giving your child up for adoption.
Please don’t let shame be your weakness, or let it decide your child’s fate. Those eyes that surround you, whether at school, at work, or at the family table, cannot [...]

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Tags: Adoption · Child Abuse

When None of the Power is Yours

January 28th, 2008 · Comments Off

I didn’t know my Nana Hlatky very well. She lived in Conneticut, on the other side of the coast, and only came to visit every few years. Still, I felt a connection with her, far more than my sisters did. They couldn’t decipher her accent as well as I could, and none of [...]

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Tags: Culture · Human Interest · Medicine/Disease · Mental Health

Erase. Rewind. Start Again.

January 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

So where were we?
Bush’s economic stimulus plan, which Democrats are backing, is just a high-end version of robbing Peter to pay Paul.
Essentially, a portion of the money that we put into the government coffers is given back to us as a rebate that will average around $600. This, according to the bureaucrats, is supposed [...]

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Tags: Art · Other Writings · Politics