Posted in adoption, baby, birth, celebrity, children, divorce, entertainment, Faith, Fame, family, kids, life, marriage, music, news, observations, opinion, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, tagged adopted, baby, band, blessings, celebrity, children, commitment, divorced, Fame, family, foundation, God, Harlow, joel madden, life, married, news, nicole richie, Oscar, parenting, parents, pregnancy, role models, young people on February 23, 2009|
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Today it was announced on Joel Madden’s bands website that he and Nicole are adding to their family. Their daughter Harlow is going to have a younger sibling. Having children who are close in age is good for the children; but, can be a little rough on the parents. However, Joel says that finding out that they are expecting another child is better than an Oscar!
With their daughter Harlow just over 1 year old and a second child on the way; one wonders whether they will get married? Nicole’s adopted parents divorced when she was young so maybe that plays a part in not having legalized her relationship with Joel…but, there is no greater commitment than having a child together; so hopefully, they will get married soon. Joel’s father, allegedly left his family and they struggled because of it. So, maybe fear and trust are big issues for this young couple in love.
God says that to those whom much is given, much is expected in return. Both Nicole and Joel have had many blessings in their lives. I like the fact that they started the Richie Madden Children’s Foundation to help children. Joel also says that God has blessed his family. I do wish since so many young people look up to them as role models that they would get married in the eyes of God so that they could realize the fullness of God’s blessings!
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Posted in celebrity, children, emotions, family, life, mental and physical health, news, tagged adopted, adulthood, Carlos Leon, celebrity, children, divorce, emotions, Guy Richie, Madonna, Malawi, MONEY, parenting, poor, property, rich, Time on November 21, 2008|
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It looks as though Madonna and Guy Richie are going to get a preliminary divorce decree on Friday…just over six weeks ago they announced that they were filing for divorce. That is a quick release divorce no matter what country you live in.
Resolving matters in a divorce is no easy task if there is money, property and time with children to be addressed. It appears that they have been able to work out those details. Madonna has her daughter Lourdes with her ex-boyfriend Carlos Leon. Then, she and Guy will be sharing time with their two young sons Rocco who is eight years old and the young son that Guy and Madonna adopted from Malawi, David. Children need quality time with both parents to be well-adjusted and healthy.
No matter who you are, rich or poor…divorce is painful and disruptive. Let’s hope that all may live in peace and love while raising their children to adulthood.
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Posted in abandonment, abortion, adoption, anti-abortion, baby, children, culture, death, emotions, encouragement, failure, Faith, family, fathers, finances, foster parenting, future, giving, Heart, hopes, kids, law enforcement, legal, life, loneliness, loss, love, mental and physical health, mom, MONEY, mother, news, of connections, opinion, pain and misery, parenting, pregnancy, relationships, sadness, success, Teen Pregnancy, teens, well-being, writing for children, tagged abandonment, abortion, acceptance, adopted, adoptive, baby, birth, bonding, Charlotte, child, children, circumstances, connection, cry, death, emotions, encouragement, failure, family, fault, foster, generations, gift, giver, God, Heart, hope, Impact, infant, legal system, life, love, mental and physical health, MONEY, newborn, normal, North Carolina, parenting skills, parents, purpose, read, receiver, reflection, rejection, story, successful, system, world on November 15, 2008|
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Baby don’t cry…it is not your fault. When you are old enough to know your story…know that it is not your fault. It has happened for generations…people abandon their children. It is wrong, but they do it for many reasons…all sad reasons, all heartbreaking…but, what it comes down to is a lacking.
A lacking of something that is required to parent you little one. Some parents are lacking money, some are lacking appropriate housing or clothing, some are lacking parenting skills. Even worse, some are lacking a very basic, important connection…a bonding of parent to child; it is called love. This is not normal. This is not your fault. The lacking is theirs and theirs alone; don’t let it define you. Their failure to provide what you need does not wipe away your right to have those things that children need to grow and be whole. You deserve to have what every child should have…love and acceptance.
There are many who would adopt you; love you and give you everything you need to be successful in life. It is sad that your birth parents could not for whatever reason of lacking, be the people to give you what you need. However, when you are able to read and understand it all…hopefully, you will have been adopted and cared for appropriately. I hope that you received that love; and, now know that you are part of a family who wanted you, and needed you to be part of them. The parts of you that feel empty or unfulfilled, because of the unknowns about your birth family, probably will never be fully satisfied. Let it be enough to know that the circumstances that lead to your being abandonned are not a statement of anything that was wrong with you as a person.
A small newborn child was abandoned in Charlotte, North Carolina in the last few days. Children are being abandoned all around the world. There are many who would love these children were they to enter into the foster/adoptive legal system in the right kind of way. Why are parents dumping their children?
When you are able to read this, or some other piece that addresses such issues…and you have learned about your abandonment; don’t try to seek further information. It will only hurt you more. There are no answers that will satisfy your heart’s desire to be loved and accepted by the people who gave you up. For each answer that is given to justify such actions will just trigger another “what if you had done this or that…could you have kept me then” question. It is a never ending circle of emotional hurt.
It is not a reflection upon you…babies and children are easy to love. You have done nothing wrong to be rejected…it is a fault inside of that person that by some miracle was able to give you life. Unfortunately, abortion (infant death) is an option in today’s world..so, choosing life was a very positive thing. Maybe that is the most that they had to give you; LIFE, it IS an important gift.
Your true source of life comes from God above. You are here in this world because he values you…you are here for a purpose. Discover what your purpose is and live it to the fullest…do not be destroyed by feelings of rejection or inferority. You are worthy of all the best that life has to give you. Your beginnings do not have to set a negative standard for the rest of your life. Take your gift and all that you have been able to receive and enjoy since the time of your birth and make something of yourself. Be a giver, be an encourager…be the embodiement of what your birth parents lacked. Be a giver and a receiver of Love. Do you think that the impact of your birth can make a positive difference in the world? I do, every life has value to offer the world. Reader, do you know someone who has been rejected or abandoned…were they able to turn their difficult beginnings into a positive, productive life?
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Posted in cancer, death, Faith, Remembering, sadness, support, tagged adopted, battle, blog, cancer, diamonds, discomfort, disease, enemy, eternity, friendships, grief, healing, High on the Mountain, joy, loss, ovarian cancer survivor, rememberance, respectful tribute, strength, survivor, Vince Gill on February 20, 2008|
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I read a wonderful tribute on a fellow blogger’s blog today. It was a respectful tribute regarding one ovarian cancer survivor’s feelings of the passing of another afflicted with cancer. They were in the battle against the enemy cancer. They had a rich relationship of love and support.
The respect and caring just comes through her words that define just what he meant to her. He was friend, adopted grandfather as well as favored “uncle”. No i don’t think they were related to each other biologically, but that doesn’t matter.
They connected in a way that goes beyond surface; so, i know that with his passing she will grieve the loss, even knowing that he is no longer suffering pain or discomfort in the battle anymore. Cancer might have taken his body; but, it didn’t claim his soul or his essense. God will not allow the enemy that much power in the battle over his own children called by his name.
So, I wish for her healing; and, joy in the remembering of their time together. May the highs from the joy of knowing each other far outweigh the loss in his passing from this world. It isn’t the end…it is the beginning of forever…they will know each other again in eternity; and they will be blessed from the knowing of one another.
She is playing a song from Vince Gill on her blog in rememberance, it is a song called High on the Mountain. It speaks of a strong faith and the victory that comes to those at the end of the journey. It is a song of encouragement and an acknowledgement of the struggles of life.
Both of my parents have battled cancer…they have friends who have battled the disease right alongside of them. These relationships are hard to define and the bond is stronger than diamonds. They sparkle just as brightly too. So, I pray that the comforter send her the strength she needs at this time of loss. God bless you Lady Ashley and those that you touch in your journey!
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Posted in adoption, tagged adopted, baby, biological family, future plans, girl, grandchild, interviews, joel madden, media, nicole richie, parenthood on January 12, 2008|
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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden have welcomed a new life…their baby girl was born in the last twenty four hours. I hope that now that their child is born, that the media will not hound them and chase them around looking for ways to glorify and vilify them as parents, like they do so many other celebrities. (more…)
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