Get Ready.. it’s Time for National Adoption Awareness Month

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National Adoption Awareness Month 2012

November 1, 2012

Or rather BE-WARE of Adoption Month!

I know. Joy of joys.

This year I will be “celebrating” my 25 year anniversary of being adopted affected. I have been a birthmother for 25 years.  Smack dab in the middle of all the pro-adoption hoopla is my “Gotcha” day. I usually say that I would just like to sleep through the whole damn month and frequently, I do end up hiding or at least staying off line and NOT dealing with adoption.

Trying Something Different This Year

I have joined up with NaBloPoMo and will be TRYING to post once a day, but along with our dear adoptees at Lost Daughters, I shall focus on Adoption Truths, not propaganda.
Also, remember that November 30th  has been signified as “Strange and Mournful Day”. The original concept was created in 2006 with OriginsUSA  and looks like was taken on by SMAAC with a color change. 
I personally like the original colors, myself and will be wearing my ribbon. If you want to make a ribbon, I will share with you this uber goofy DYI video I made back then. It’s so silly, I crack myself up!I guess it’s better than crying all month.

 

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About the Author

Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan DArcy
Claudia Corrigan D’Arcy has been online and involved in the adoption community since early in 2001. Blogging since 2005, her website Musings of the Lame has become a much needed road map for many mothers who relinquished, adoptees who long to be heard, and adoptive parents who seek understanding. She is also an activist and avid supporter of Adoptee Rights and fights for nationwide birth certificate access for all adoptees with the Adoptee Rights Coalition. Besides here on Musings of the Lame, her writings on adoption issue have been published in The New York Times, BlogHer, Divine Caroline, Adoption Today Magazine, Adoption Constellation Magazine, Adopt-a-tude.com, Lost Mothers, Grown in my Heart, Adoption Voice Magazine, and many others. She has been interviewed by Dan Rather, Montel Williams and appeared on Huffington Post regarding adoption as well as presented at various adoption conferences, other radio and print interviews over the years. She resides in New York’s Hudson Valley with her husband, Rye, children, and various pets.

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2 Comments on "Get Ready.. it’s Time for National Adoption Awareness Month"

  1. My name is Andy. | November 1, 2012 at 11:17 am |

    I think you have missed a career calling in DYI videography! I love the idea of adoption crafts.

    Well done.

  2. DENISE | November 2, 2012 at 11:24 pm |

    You crack me up, too! I can’t find on Origins website where I might request a ribbon. Maybe I should make one myself. Maybe I’ll make lots of them and send them to mother friends.

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