tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post5403075272689212928..comments2023-07-01T10:24:36.993-04:00Comments on The Gang's All Here!: To Fund Raise Or Not To Fund Raise?The Gang's Momma!http://www.blogger.com/profile/12478478224173323982noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-21881335677390559842011-08-05T19:03:14.698-04:002011-08-05T19:03:14.698-04:00Oh dear me...please excuse the spelling errors in ...Oh dear me...please excuse the spelling errors in my comment...Sheesh!!!Katerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166389570029291327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-72167614022623434832011-08-05T08:28:22.258-04:002011-08-05T08:28:22.258-04:00I'm sure that I should say something deep or m...I'm sure that I should say something deep or much more thought out....but there was one thing that stuck out when I was reading all of the comments. There was mention of asking for help to "pay for the child." NOT! We aren't paying for the child. We are paying for the process, and all that it encompasses. As far as I know, none of our adoptive children have priced tags placed on their foreheads! As I've said before, biological parents should have to go through what adoptive parents go through to bring their children home, including some of the fees. This world would have far less unwanted, abused and neglicted children! The money involved to bring them home is the same thing...it's a heck of a lot cheaper to expand your family through biological means but it's not always possible or the call that has been placed on ones heart. I could have more biological children...we adopted when I was still very fertile. But that's not what I've been called to do. And I would adopt again if we could afford it but we can't...and so I will continue to help other families fund "the process"...because it some small way it feels like I am bringing another child home..and another...and another....Katerihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14166389570029291327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-64207973839235058112011-08-03T08:57:22.343-04:002011-08-03T08:57:22.343-04:00An old friend recently shared this quote that I th...An old friend recently shared this quote that I think is a good life lesson for this post. And for pretty much all of our choices and interactions.<br /><br />"People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.<br /><br />If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.<br /><br />If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.<br /><br />If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.<br /><br />The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.<br /><br />Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.<br /><br />For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."<br /><br />That Mother Teresa was a wise woman.The Gang's Momma!https://www.blogger.com/profile/12478478224173323982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-43451381824054361142011-08-02T17:58:30.287-04:002011-08-02T17:58:30.287-04:00There are so many perspectives on this issue! I no...There are so many perspectives on this issue! I nod my head when I read one person's "side" and then I nod again when I see an "opposite" side.<br /><br />I like that you read through everything with open ears, really trying to hear the viewpoints. And then incorporating them into your own.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-81878448597408356772011-08-02T15:55:17.099-04:002011-08-02T15:55:17.099-04:00We fundraised to bring our daughter home...and in ...We fundraised to bring our daughter home...and in talking about another adoption (if we do), this time we will need to fundraise even more. Who has 25K lying around? I find that people get excited about bringing another little one into a loving home. (nice people that is). It really promotes love and community. People want to be a part of something greater than themselves.<br />Faith is loved and adored beyond belief!!!!<br /><br />People can say what they want and unfortunately people always do feel the need to speak their minds no matter who it hurts. But the fact is, say it however you want, these sweeties would NOT have a mommy and daddy, would NOT have a home and cousins and grandparents to love on them, would NOT have a cozy room where they get sung to at night, etc...if we did not fight and struggle to get them home. So, they can say what they want...but a fact is a fact and all the fussing around about it in the world doesn't change it.<br />Cheriewithgratefulheartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998293892865505929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-8890049643667912092011-08-02T14:44:16.151-04:002011-08-02T14:44:16.151-04:00All I could think while I read those articles was ...All I could think while I read those articles was how struck I am by the selfishness of others. Choose not to be offended people! What's the worst thing that happens here? A child gets a family to love? A family gets a child to love? Childless mothers and motherless children come together through a community of people who reached out? OMG. Find something real to complain about. I hate this kind of crap. And you know, I'm a huge fan of fundraising to adopt - I don't care your reasons. If you want to fundraise and those that love and care about you want to support you in it - then who is ANYONE to say "shame on you". Where is the sense of community? This makes me sick... (but let me tell you how I really feel.... ♥)Christiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641535226387478870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5751435337498664060.post-58553637178521077632011-08-02T12:17:27.512-04:002011-08-02T12:17:27.512-04:00ok, I get what you mean by giving feedback....now,...ok, I get what you mean by giving feedback....now, if you've read my blog you know I fundraise, but I don't use the term saving an orphan. That's not what we are doing, we are adding a son...or a daughter to our family. And I do use the term "help us bring our child home to their forever family" I don't know many people who have the 24-30k needed to bring their child home on hand...and for those of us who have adopted multiple times in the past couple of years, well we just don't have it. I could go on...but won't!! LOL I guess you just have to be thick skinned and do what you feel is right for your family~Desiree'https://www.blogger.com/profile/02310441276961283675noreply@blogger.com