Follow-Up

I really appreciate all the comments in the last post. 27 now. I think it's my record here! This post went up on Racialicious today as well, and it's reaching a wide audience, which is what I'd hoped for.

I also want to let any new readers know that if you're frustrated by the comment registration policy, I'm sorry. If you really need to get in touch with me, try email. But I like having the registration policy in place because it means I never have to deal with comment spam or drive-by flaming, and I have limited time to manage my blog. Google registration also keeps comments centered on a regular group of people -- other adoption bloggers -- that have been reading me for years, as I've been reading them for years.

As for a comment policy, I don't have one. If you take the time to type up a negative comment, I'll probably leave it. I will note that I don't hate transracial adoption. I'm a transracial adoptive parent; I have a hopefully-healthy-rather-than-narcissistic love for myself. Also, I reserve the right to judge pretty much everything and everyone. I usually define the word "judge" to mean "think critically". I'm aware that many other people have different definitions of the word "judging", such as "saying anything I don't like" or "being a jerk".

I'm probably not going to revisit the topic for a bit, unless I become aware of an important immigration action item (I'm hoping that a proposal will come up soon to at the very least double the number of Haitian visas).


Again, I really appreciate the comments.  And if you want to stick around, great! Just warning you that most of what I post about regularly is more day-to-day mommyblogging type of stuff.