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This blog is neither pro-adoption nor anti-adoption. This is merely the story of a mother and her journey towards healing.

What Do You Want to Say?

Hey birth/first/etc mothers, please drop me an e-mail or leave a comment here regarding your personal thoughts on Juno, whether they were positive or negative. I’m being interviewed for an article tomorrow. I will be seeing the movie prior to the interview (sigh) and I obviously have my own opinions even before viewing. But I want to be sure to appropriately represent. Give it to me.

I’ll c/p my standard answer to those asking about Juno at Yahoo! Answers in the adoption section:

Usually when it comes to adoption in the media I try to watch it so that I can have a fully informed opinion. But lately I haven’t been able to do that.

What do I think of it without ever going and seeing it? I think I don’t ever want to pay to watch that movie outright. I’ll wait until it comes on the movie stations and cry my eyes out at home, thank you very much.

All of the previews, reviews and spoilers have me very suspicious of this movie’s message. I know I’d end up being a sobbing mess of emotions watching someone else relinquish their baby. It was hard enough living it, let alone watching someone else do it in comedy form. =oP

This blog entry is my favorite entry so far of what I’m suspicious of…
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/12/26/211851/31/785/425332

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That being said, I just wanted to add that additionally my 17 year old little sister went and saw the movie. She was about 5 years old when I relinquished and had no clue of what was happening back then. I told her what happened when she was in Jr. High. She really wants me to watch this movie, and not just watch it but watch it with her. She said that watching Juno go through it gave her a glimpse of some of what I might have went through and the amount of tears she had while watching the movie was overwhelming. I’m glad it was a movie that helped her try to walk in my footsteps of what happened, but still, if it’s not my story or like other women like us, then how close did she come thinking about where I was back then?

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The first part of the movie did not resonate with me. Juno seemed to cavalier. Unemotional. Then, she relinquished to a woman who seems unstable. Having said all that, Juno’s character is very likable. I started crying midway through the movie and didn’t stop until the end. Very hard to watch because it brought up a lot of emotions.

ps.
I am a birthmother. (25 years ago)

I realize it’s already over, but my sister saw it. She’s pretty much the only one in my family I really talk to. She was my support during my pregnancy. She loved it and didn’t think it trivialized our experience. Then again, she absolutely believes I made the right choice. She said the end was brutal though, and the school parts.

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