Weekend so far

We went out with Scott last night, to Bucca de Beppos... YUM. One of my favorite foods is cheese ravioli with a good sauce, and they have one of the best!!! We were stuffed by the time we were done! :) It was a good half-birthday for Lil M!

Today, Lil M and I just hung out with the dogs and Manna all day. All are well. Maggi has even been barking a little less outside.... I let them out this morning, and she actually stayed out for 1/2 hour or so without barking once! And when she did today, I knocked on the door and she stopped. Wow. Might be making progress. :D They LOVE chicken jerkey, so I gave them what was left, after being good outside.

Lil M is working on her ABC's...and sings them all the time! Well, wants ME to sing them all the time! hahaha. She's not quite in tune... actually, hoping she's not tone deaf, ROFL, but she's trying!!! She's getting pretty good at them, actually.

I watched a movie tonight called "America" about a boy in foster-care. It was pretty good. Sad movie, not over-the-top sad, though. Ending could have been better. But I say that about pretty much every movie I've ever seen...

I have a bit of a headache again, but am hoping to head it off at the pass this time. We might go to the Circus tomorrow. Let's see what the day brings!!

Peace.

Update - KY SB68

Apparently, the Senator who wrote me and said that KY Senate Bill 68 had been withdrawn, was wrong. :(

I have since found out that this bill is sitting in Judiciary Review and so I have written each of it's members. I'm hoping you will, too. So, if you want to concentrate on a smaller group for now, this'd be the one!!

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/committee/Standing/Jud(S)/members.htm

Please write your Senator if you are in KY, and add these folks to your list!! I'm praying it will 'die' in Judiciary review... but there aren't any guarantees.

Peace.

2.5 tomorrow!!!

Lil M will be 2.5 years old tomorrow!! She is the light of my life. :) But of course, right?!



Peace.

I can't hardly think straight

I am beside myself upset over this issue here in Kentucky, as I've already written. I had two people write to me today and tell me that they would NOT like to see a foster child in a home with cohabiting parents (read: not married). WHAT? You'd rather see them in an orphanage???? She said, YES. She thinks that is in the best interest of the child! An orphanage is better. OMG. And she's an a-parent.

I realize we all have our different thoughts regarding marriage. I'm all for marriage. What I am NOT for is for someone to tell me I have to get married. It is my life. And if I don't get married and I want to live with someone, that is between ME, GOD, and my SO. And, if I or we want to adopt or foster a child/ren... so what of it?

The next thing is how are you going to MAKE SURE that the person isn't cohabiting with someone? What if they have a roommate? Is that banned now? The first line says "cohabiting with a person outside of marriage" it doesn't say sexual relationship... slippery slope...

I'm so angry tonight, because I feel like whatever I do it isn't going to be enough to help, and we're going to be stuck with this back-water legislation here in my state. Unbelievable. I've written Senators. I've gotten the word out on Facebook and Myspace. But who cares? The reality is that if they want to get it passed, it'll pass. And it is beyond stupid.

If you do nothing else, will you pretty please PRAY with all your heart that God will not allow this bill to go through. That is the only other thing I haven't put out there as a global prayer request, though I did ask a fellow co-worked to add it to their Sunday prayer list...

Please, Dear Lord, please do not let this bill 68 pass. Please let us find a way to squash it like the bug it is. Forever and ever, amen.

Peace.

KY Senate Bill 68 - unbelievable

AN ACT relating to the welfare of adopted and foster care children.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky:

SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 199 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

(1) The Kentucky General Assembly finds that it is in the best interest of a child in need of adoption or foster care to be reared or placed in a home in which the adoptive or foster parents are not cohabiting outside of a marriage that is legally valid in Kentucky.

(2) An applicant shall not be approved to provide foster care or relative caregiver services to a child, or approved to receive a child for adoption if the applicant is cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage that is legally valid in Kentucky.

(3) The Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall promulgate an administrative regulation to implement this section.

(4) This section shall be known as "The Child Welfare Adoption Act."

(5) This section shall not apply to children placed for adoption prior to the effective date of this Act.

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Create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to prohibit the approval of foster care, relative caregiver services, or adoption of a child by an applicant who is cohabiting with a sexual partner outside of a marriage that is legally valid in Kentucky; create the short title "The Child Welfare Adoption Act"; exempt children placed for adoption prior to the effective date of this Act; amend KRS 199.470 to conform.


I'm so horrified. Trying to find ANY way to get people to see how wrong this is... sorry to belabor it on my blog, but it is just wrong what they are trying to do.

Peace.