Boo Boo Kitty

Is it better for them to be born into a life of hate and possibly poverty where they are abused? That doesn't seem like much of a life.

AMEN Jack, as always point well taken.

Carlene You know that you may be a small minority that doesn't complain, let's be honest about that! And yes, it has become more popular, which is sad considering that it has to become "Cool" to adopt biracially.

I feel your darkness. I hate I go to work in the dark and drive home in the dark. It is disgusting. And never forget your mom may not be here to hold your hand, but she is in your heart. She will never leave you. And when you need her the most, look out into the dark sky and the first star you see is here, smiling brightly on you! :kiss2:

Congratulations. I am glad to see every closed door for you opened a window!

I loved Weird Al since I was a kid, gotta love just "Eat it". :eek:

Congrats what an inspiration! That is my ultimate goal as well! :clap2: :clap2: :clap2:

The decision should be left ultimately to the one WHO WILL BE RAISING the child. Do not get me wrong aborotion for me is 100% not an option. But I am also 30, set in life and have a clear idea of who I am. Abortion should NEVER be used as birth control, but let's face it sometimes things happen. Condoms break, the pill is taken late ect. These women who have taken measures and CLEARLY do not want children be punished? And my biggest problem is the people who are so strongly opposed against abortion are the same one who complain about welfare, and the number of children on it. Let's be real. Sometimes accidents happen, and why should these women have children they don't want. Worse case is the children are born into a home where they KNOW they were unwanted are abused, beaten ect. because of it. I believe that abortion is wrong for me, but it also my life I make the choices for. It is not my right to judge or dispose my position on someone else. I will someday answer to God, and if because I believe in individual choice I go to hell, than so be it. I will NOT tell someone else to carry a child to term that they will not love or take care of. And please do NOT get me started on adoption. I have tried to adopt and know HOW hard it is to do! The number of ethnic children sitting in foster homes and adoption agencies is frightening, and what kind of life to these children have? Let's be honest the majority that adopt want the perfect little white baby, and the rest of the beautiful children suffer!

I am at BMI of 33 now! I started at 42! Almost 10 points off my BMI! WOOO HOOO! I had surgery on August 1st. SO I am feeling VERY greatful that I am loosing so well.

Oh please! A witch hunt hardly! Americans need cigarettes! 1. The tobacco industry is beyond huge 2. Lawyers need the work 3. Hospitals make billions a year treating cancer paitents and other effects from smoking And I would rather inhale fumes from SUV's than these: CIGARETTE INGREDIENTSThere are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke, some of which are included on the list below. Children are especially susceptible to these poisons. For them, exposure to secondhand smoke can cause middle ear effusion, decreased lung function, lower respiratory tract infections and increase the intensity of asthma conditions. Acetone Nail Polish Remover Hydrogen Cyanide Gas Chamber PoisonAcetic Acid VinegarMethane Swamp GasAmmonia Floor/Toilet CleanerMethanol Rocket FuelArsenic PoisonNaphthalene MothballsButane Cigarette Lighter FluidNicotine Insecticide/ Addictive DrugCadmium Rechargable BatteryNitrobenzene Gasoline AdditiveCarbon Monoxide Car ExhaustNitrous Oxide Phenols DisinfectantDDT/ Dieldrin InsecticidesStearic Acid Candle WaxEthanol AlcoholToluene Industrial SolventFormaldehyde Preservative - Body Tissue & FabricVinyl Chloride Makes PVC2Hexamine Barbecue Lighter Cancer Causing Agents MetalsNitrosamines Crysenes Cadmium Benzo(a)pyrene Polonium 210 Nickel P.A.H.s Dibenz Acidine B-Napthylamine Urethane N.Nitrosonornicotine Toluidine Aluminium Zinc Magnesium Mercury Gold Silicon Silver Titanium Lead Copper

Welcome back and congrats on the beautiful baby!

Bullwinkle I am as far into non invasive political thinking as it comes. What I do is none of everyone else's damn business. BUT I do choose not to smoke (as you do) and I choose to breathe free air. I think telling someone they can not smoke in a business where others are is fair. Now telling them that they could not smoke in their own home is another matter. Which wasn't what the law is about. If people choose to quit smoking because of the policy and cold (I am in Michigan so I know cold) I think that is their choice. But it will help them be healthier so BONUS for public health!

I really think the problem is consistency. There is NONE. The do whatever they want...and we suffer!

I whooped it up this weekend for my birthday, and I didn't drink more than I normally do, but I got wasted I mean fall to the ground wasted very quickly! It is much cheaper now to drink! lol...but I only do it once or twice a year.

This has been done in California and it is working quite well. There is something to be said as a non smoker to be able to enjoy your dinner without the smell from the smoking section waffling over. Smoking is a choice, and I choose not to do so. I don't think my health needs to be impacted because smokers are not concious enough to step outside. It is one thing to preach about smoking, but it is another thing to think about WHO ELSE is impacted from second hand smoke. I find it absolutely disgusting to smell smoke on children, their parents need to use their heads a bit. My MIL smoked around her children and now is not allowed to see her grandchildren unless she is at my home, where she is not allowed to smoke. She doesn't give a damn that she had 2 children die very young as she puffed away in front of them and 2 who now have severe health problems. And even with a lung cancer scare and the Dr telling her she has the lungs of an 85 year old woman at 45 she still lights up 2 packs a day. It is your choice to smoke, and for the rest of us we choose our health, so stepping outside while it may inconvience you, protects the rest of us!

AMEN! And what about all the damn penises that make the baby and walk away before the child ever sees them? Gay and lesbian couples raise children that are more tolerant, and open minded. There is no chance that they will be gay anymore than if they were raised by a straight couple or mother alone. I have a very close friend that is raising a beautiful baby with his partner, and she is loved beyond belief. Just think if it was legal how many children that sit in foster homes all their life would have a chance to have a REAL life!

Don't think for one second you are dumb nor your family! Ignorance does NOT come from lack of education, nor obviosuly education itself. Ignorance is just a lack of common sense I believe!

Diane I 100% agree with you! It is easy to just assume the way things are because you see them from the outside, like many are looking. 10 children takes an incredible amount of love and paitence. I think they are overlooking that, and trying to control someone else's choices.

ok, I would like to know if is having the FLIP side of this! When I was bigger I tolerated my DH bigger, but now I feel like I have become to him what he was to me, a nag. I don't want to be, but I feel like I am doing the work, and I can not stand that he is not. I have found myself disgusted by the way he eats and the things he put in his mouth. Am I the only one? Please be honest!

WOW! I think you should be thel poster child for the rest of us!! Congratulations truly, and if you should ever have a class or lessons please sign me up!

It is nice to judge something you really have no idea about. Fact of the matter is there was more LOVE and support in that house than 10 houses down their street put together. Her father was an administrator of a hospital and had PLENTY of money to take care of them. They also had other family members outside of the family that help when they it, such as parents need a night out ect. I spent a good part of my life in Sarah's house becaluse I had just one sibling and my parents couldn't even to take care of us. If I was home there was a good chance I was going to be sexually abused by a family member. If I HAD 16 siblings that were looking out for me what are the chances that would have never happened to me? There are some parents who have 1 child and can't pay attention to them. It is so nice to be able to look in and to judge without knowing the real truth. I feel that everyone should be able to choose how many kids they do or DO NOT have, but ultimately they should only have as many as they have love for, for some people that number is ZERO. And I know for a fact that Sarah was still her own person, she spent just as much time outside her family life being a kid. And there are worse ways to be forced to grow up, believe me, I know.

Ok I have alot of opinions on this, my first one being does anyone REALLYi want the goverment being able to tell us when we can have children or not? If so, move to China or something where your choices to have children are limited. Secondly, one of my very good friends in school is the oldest of 17 children. There is something you are missing if you have never had the great opportunity to be in one of those households. There is more love than you can imagine. The children are all very independent, but ALL help out and do their fair share of work. The children are more responsible than most adults I know. They know how to save resources. They aren't using up more electricity than a family of 4 living in a house they can't afford. They learn how to use coupons, save money, allocate resources ect. They are better than a family that we think to be normal I honestly believe. They aren't nuts. They ARE HONEST CARING PEOPLE that have made a personal decision for their life. Nuts are people that run airplanes into buildings in the name of god. And Sarah, the oldest for the record is now a Pediatric Dr at the U of M who has saved many many lives. All of those children have the potential to change the world, and as far as I am concerned sometimes have more drive to do so because of the way they were brought up with a different view of the world. One that is unselfish unlike most American brats. (my kids included.)

Welcome Suzy! And congrats on the big day! You will be very happy you did it trust me!

You are still looking for it??? You have lost so much and doing fantastic, I am amazed!

Toss the Dr, and then report and then PASS on the needle in the report! In that order!