Tuesday, May 09, 2006
It's the little things
Over the last year of my research to adopt a child, I am often rubbed the wrong way by things I've come across in an agency's information packet or website.
I came across an agency that does African adoptions and found this in their FAQ's:
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Are the children healthy?
Some are, some aren't, most are. Children with much wrong, including diarrhea, often die in Africa. Medicine is often not available or affordable. Orphans who have medical problems often have heart problems, have been blinded, a few have polio, some have TB, some have Malaria, some test Hepotitis B+, but there aren't many; the sick children become God's Angels!
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It's that exclamation point at the end of the last sentence. Like, somehow, dead orphaned children who didn't get medical care or a perminant home in time are somehow something to be excited about. Like somehow it's a perfectly acceptable outcome. Those that know me know I'm pretty devout in my Jewish faith and even I would never tell someone who's lost a loved one "Hey! It's ok. They're with g-d now! PARTAY!"
Over the last year of my research to adopt a child, I am often rubbed the wrong way by things I've come across in an agency's information packet or website.
I came across an agency that does African adoptions and found this in their FAQ's:
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Are the children healthy?
Some are, some aren't, most are. Children with much wrong, including diarrhea, often die in Africa. Medicine is often not available or affordable. Orphans who have medical problems often have heart problems, have been blinded, a few have polio, some have TB, some have Malaria, some test Hepotitis B+, but there aren't many; the sick children become God's Angels!
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It's that exclamation point at the end of the last sentence. Like, somehow, dead orphaned children who didn't get medical care or a perminant home in time are somehow something to be excited about. Like somehow it's a perfectly acceptable outcome. Those that know me know I'm pretty devout in my Jewish faith and even I would never tell someone who's lost a loved one "Hey! It's ok. They're with g-d now! PARTAY!"
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