http://wraithswrealm.com/blog Wraith's Wrealm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 19:27:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en May you live in interesting times. Unknown Yep, it's not a Chinese curse and researchers aren't sure where it came from although it may be a bad translation of Confucius or a Scottish curse. Where ever it is from, it can be a curse or it can be pretty cool. For me, I ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2010/02/15/interesting-life/ Twas the night before Christmas one wish in my heart to be reunited with one long apart the agencies say no the governments too but all i ask for is the same rights as you. To know my past, my blood, and my birth to know my story in all of it's worth. So this night I do wish and ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2009/12/24/merry-christmas/ I am an American citizen with all the rights AND responsibilities that entails. I vote, serve on juries when called. I work in a service related industry supporting the disposal of waste and recycling. I try to spend my money on local businesses and American products to support my country. I ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/11/09/dear-president-elect-obama/ The dead cannot cry out for justice; it is a duty of the living to do so for them. Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002 So this woman asks for help with her bipolar and the help is given in the removal of her daughter who was placed in foster care. So ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/09/09/epic-fail/ If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) I was browsing some blogs the other day and came across this one that made me think. So often we talk about the adoptee child or adult and their mother ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/08/30/the-rest-of-the-gang/ Go read this blogpost from Writing My Wrongs http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/08/27/a-game/ A good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up. Anonymous Remember that old Tootsie Pop commercial. "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?" Where the wise old owl starts to lick and count - a one, a two, a ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/08/20/why-do-we-search/ There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval. George Santayana (1863 - 1952) So my birthday has come and gone and I survived. Actually, I did quite well. I didn't spend hours pouring over search sites or Ancestry.com like normal. Instead I watched Eureka Season 2 (I ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/08/15/birthday-battle/ Fear is that little darkroom where negatives are developed. Michael Pritchard So much going on, so busy. I never seem to have time to just sit down and write or think. My birthday is coming up and I can feel the familiar feelings coming back. The longing to know, the mild depression cause ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/08/06/the-story-continues/ So I was talking to an adoptee friend the other day, discussing some songs they are writing and the fact that they will be beginning to search in the very near future. In the course of the talk I began feeling some of those old feelings of pain and getting ... http://wraithswrealm.com/blog/2008/03/20/soul-verse/