An early Valentine

E brought this home in her folder today...

xoxoxox

And totally unrelated...she still loves her dog Isabella...

I love this kid!

 

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Monster Mini Golf

On Sunday, after E's skating lesson, we headed to an indoor mini golf place, where we met up with one of E's friends from school. In addition to mini golf, there are lots of games to play where you can win tickets. As you can see, E and C won a lot of tickets!

Very dark in the mini golf area!

It was a fun afternoon. Thanks to C and his mom for hanging out with us!

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Is her Birth Certificate a lie?

So I signed up Elizabeth for Soccer yesterday. In order to register her, I had to provide a copy of her Birth Certificate (to verify that she meets the age requirement to play). Doing so made me think again about this legal document that we have and what it says. It says that I'm her mother, which is true. I am. But it implies that I gave birth to her, which obviously, I did not. It totally obliterates her first mother. And let's not even get into the fact that under "father", it is blank. So apparently, on 7/11/07, I magically produced and delivered a baby all by myself. Funny, I could have sworn I was actually sitting in a California Law and Ethics class that night...
Seriously, though, I don't understand why it is necessary for the amended Birth Certificate to erase E's birth parents. It's a Birth Certificate. J gave birth to her. That is a fact. I have no need to claim that I did. Why can't there just be an addendum to the original Birth Certificate, denoting the adoption? In answer to the question I asked in the post title, I'm going to say, yes, her amended Birth Certificate is kind of a lie. One thing that I am so glad of is that I have a copy of her original BC. Of course, legally, it is null and void, but I hope that it will mean something one day to E to have it.

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Bedtime prayers

I am not an especially religious person at all, but often, E and I do say our prayers before going to sleep. It's mostly about expressing thankfulness for what we have, and wanting blessings for the people we care about and love. I love that always, always, Elizabeth asks God to bless J and K, her birth parents. That gives me a lump in my throat every time. In a good way.

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Series about foster care adoption dissolutions

I just wanted to share this four part series on foster care adoption dissolutions. Very sad, and thought provoking.

And on a totally different note...a totally gratuitous cute picture of my sweetie with her light sabor, just because...

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MLK, Jr.

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