Today I spent a couple of hours at an amazing meeting with representatives from the three different side of the adoption triad: Adoptive parents, Adoptees and Birth parents. Actually the meeting was all women, so I can just say moms.
It was a wonderful way to spend two hours. Hearing stories from others, who may not have had the same experience as I do with adoption, but I still learn from them. I have found that being good friends with a birth mom has made me a better adoptive parent, which in turn has made me a better person.
To be around others from different backgrounds, different opinions, different experiences is something I really enjoy. I love learning from people’s stories. It has made me a better friend, mother, daughter and wife, which in turn has made me a better person.
I see a theme here that I wish others would see. We don’t all have to agree on everything, we don’t all have to have the same background, we don’t all have to use the same language. But if we spend time together, learn from each-other and glean from our experiences as a whole, we will become better people.
What started as an adoption piece just turned into a political year post!
This was my five minutes of Sunday Stream of Consciousness. No editing, no spell check, just raw writing. It is refreshing!
Want to try it? Here are the rules…
- Set a timer and write for 5 minutes.
- Write an intro to the post if you want but don’t edit the post. No proofreading or spellchecking. This is writing in the raw.
- Publish it somewhere. Anywhere. The back door to your blog if you want. But make it accessible.
- Add the Stream of Consciousness Sunday badge to your post.
- Link up your post.
- Visit your fellow bloggers and show some love.
