#NHL’s launching a #DogCompetition of its own, the “Stanley Pup,” to air for the first time on June 8 at 6:30 p.m. It will feature #RescueDogs representing each of the NHL’s 32 teams, many of whom will be available for #adoption in their cities — and 16 of those #dogs, representing the teams that made the playoffs this year, will “face off in a friendly competition showcasing their adorable #canine skills.”
@RickiTarr Being told by all of society that starting life losing my mother, father, siblings, extended family, identity, heritage & ancestry was of no consequence & no importance. #adoption#AdopteeVoices
'The research team... found a link between birth mothers who had experienced stressful childhood events, such as abuse, neglect, violence or poverty, and their children’s behavior problems. This was true even though the children were raised by their adoptive parents and were never directly exposed to the stresses their birth mothers had experienced.'
Between May 1 to May 15, adoption fees at all Maui Humane Society adoption locations will be reduced in price. This includes adoption fees of $0 for #dogs and #cats six months and older, as well as $50 adoptions for kittens under six months old. The special will be available at the Maui Humane Society shelter, in addition to Petco in Kahului and Cat Cafe Maui at Queen Ka'ahumanu Center.
"I didn't realize until years later, thinking back about that, was I was three years old. I lived with my birth mother, and then I didn't anymore.
And I was a three year old. I was talking to her. I forgot over [00:27:00] a while, over time what I was doing. And in the book I talk about it that way. I forgot what I was doing, but I kept doing it. And in, the way that I forgot my name, I had no idea what my name was and I had to find it."
Latest street kitty we took in (looking for a home in S. California)
Named him Noodles because his favorite maneuver is to roll on his back and act all noodly.
(originally called him Flounder, but he didn't respond to that; seemed to like Noodles better).
When I was 5 or 6, I asked Santa for a record player. He brought me one from Sears (it had a lid & carrying handle like a little suitcase) & a single record: a 45 of Diana Ross/The Supremes’ Love Child. I laugh every time I think about it. My adoptive mother apparently felt that would be an awesome gift for her illegitimate adopted daughter. 😶😑🫤🤣 #Adoption#AdopteeVoiceshttps://youtu.be/MDZTzEf7Ces?si=L1v6DPaeqi3VGzUr
My adopters starved me, too. & despite the fact that I was CLEARLY malnourished, no one ever tried to help me. Why not? Because society has been taught to believe adopters are saviors & saints. But abusive adoptive parents are not uncommon. That “better life” trope needs to be yeeted into the sun—when you give up your child to #adoption , you’re abandoning them to an utter crapshoot, & if they are eventually neglected, abused, &/or even murdered, it’s unlikely you’ll even know. #AdopteeVoices
Adopters aren’t superior beings, they’re just like everyone else. No more & no less capable of parenting well. They struggle, divorce, lie, cheat, lose their jobs, go broke, etc, etc, etc. They abuse. They rehome. They get sick, they die. Desperately wanting a child doesn’t make someone a good parent. & not all motivations to adopt are selfless—or admirable—or even healthy. #Adoption#AdopteeVoices
Because #adoption pros (& most of society) like to pretend adoptees are “as if born to” our adopters, there is ZERO oversight after an adoption is finalized. ZERO. If the kid you relinquish isn’t lucky enuff to end up w/ decent ppl—or if the folks to whom you entrusted them turn out to be lying sacks of sht, OH WELL. Sucks to be them. They’ll spend their lives being told by all of society how magnanimous & selfless their abusers are & that they’re lucky & should be grateful. #AdopteeVoices
I don't know who Wayland is (i.imgflip.com)
If anyone wants to give an ELI5 or a link to a video that ELI5 I’d be incredibly thankful...