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The Placement Poem
Familiarity slips away, noticed. Metallic taste-buds pant milky. Silent Night nurses wave, embracing end of shift. Shrill-voiced newcomers mingle, pipes untested.
I wait, finding my way from yellow to white. Retinas flash, sad for the unnamed. Fingers swish down sallow cheeks, cooing songs from someone else’s childhood.
Cold wool. Leather gloves. Pen scratches paper. Tucked and whisked in borrowed…
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Michigan: Passes Bills Denying Homes to Foster Children
Michigan: Passes Bills Denying Homes to Foster Children
Despite concerns from constituents, legislators passed the discriminatory adoption bills
LANSING, Michigan—Legislators serving on the Michigan House Committee on Families, Children, and Seniors have passed three bills out of committee, House Bills 4188 (LaFontaine-32), 4189 (Santana-9), and 4190 (Leutheuser-58), which would allow taxpayer funded adoption agencies the ability to deny an adoption…
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The Final Meltdown
let's see what happens in the "Final Meltdown!"
“Honey? I think we should be gone when the landlord gets here, I am going to get ready, then wake you up when I am done…” Robert’s voice said from far away. Attempting to drift back to dreams of a peaceful household, I rolled away from Robert. He chuckled and got in the shower. Just as I was starting to fall asleep again, I heard voices downstairs, shuffling, then an animalistic scream that could…
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6 things to remember when dealing with unsupportive people Breathe deeply, and listen to what they have to say. Listen to the tone of what they are saying.
Robert's Reassurance
Robert has a plan, do you think that it will work out the way he wants it to?
“So, here is what I think we should do,” Robert said as we walked out of the doors of the restaurant. I barely listened as he talked about his ideas. I have no family that I trust enough to not find out I am pregnant. If he got that mad at me for a candy wrapper, what is my step dad going to do about an unplanned, unwed pregnancy?
“Mikayla? Are you listening?” Robert said as he opened the door to…
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Ides of Early December
Ides of December: what will happen after the Ted Meltdown?
Once we had all arrived at the breakfast place and were seated, settled, and ordered, Zane looked very seriously at Robert and I, “What are you two going to do about the pregnancy?”
Robert turned, deferring to me, “Adoption.”
Zane nodded and said, “I know you didn’t hear everything that happened with us and Ted last night, but we wanted to let you know that we will not be resigning with Ted and…
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Townhouse Troubles
The next morning, I awoke to the soothing sounds of Robert’s hung over breathing as he tried to fool me into thinking that he was still asleep. I smiled to myself, thinking how sweet he was when he slept. I went quietly to the closet, indulging his game of possum, got dressed for my quest for donuts.
Turning the corner from the last stair to the kitchen. I stopped short of coming into view when I…
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De stressing during pregnancy All of us who have been pregnant know that stress happens. For some of us it is the fattest we have EVER been in our lives and that causes pain.
