Comments on: A Vote for Dawn is a Vote for Change

By: Deb Donatti

Deb Donatti — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:49:06 +0000

Jenna, you are such an awesome friend to Dawn.
I wish I could say that people in the adoption community were as helpful and unjudgemental of me while I worked my way through difficult adoption issues, but sadly I can’t. I felt, and still do feel excluded and judged. Of course many of my original ideas about adoption have drastically changed over the years, but my ability to connect with that community sadly has not. I am a birthfamily member, adoptive sibling and adoptive mom, yet I have never been able to connect to people from any of those groups sucessfully. It makes for a lonely journey. I am glad people like Dawn have helped you.
I hope Dawn wins the award, she has a great blog. I also hope she continues to learn because there is room in that area for all of us.

By: Cassi

Cassi — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:26:07 +0000

I’ve given her my vote and hope others will check her out and see why I think she is perfect for this.

Dawn is one of the adoptive moms who I, not only, carry a huge respect for, but who also helped grab me out from the weight of my anger and realize that I couldn’t just judge everyone for their “role” in adoption and had to take the same time and respect I wanted for myself to read and learn from other’s experiences.

By: Vote Often and Early… for Dawn! « Land of the Not-So-Calm

Vote Often and Early… for Dawn! « Land of the Not-So-Calm — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:24:29 +0000

[...] writes eloquently on her own blog about why she nominated Dawn and why Dawn deserves to win: Promoting change is as easy as sharing [...]

By: Lilian

Lilian — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:55:55 +0000

What an awesome post, Jenna!!! I’m linking to it in a heartbeat. Dawn is an inspiration to everyone who knows her, virtually or in real life. Her blog was one of the first ones I ever read, I started reading back in 2004, before I began to blog. I’ve cried tons and laughed too and it completely changed my perspective on adoption (which is not part of my life, BTW). Not only that, but it introduced me to countless wonderful bloggers and their stories… reading Kateri (whom I know in person ’cause I live in the Philly area) and your blog broke my heart but gave me so much more understanding and compassion.

Anyway, I’m beyond thrilled that you nominated her and I’m voting like crazy!! I can see that her post and yours too, no doubt, are already changing the tide in favor of her in the count. YAY!! Way to go! I’ll vote as many times as I can until the 19th (according to the other near winning blog that’s when voting ends).

Oh, and I LOVE the post title!!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:59:23 +0000

{sniff}

Thanks for YOUR encouragement, Jenna. Thanks for helping me be a better mother to Madison and a better friend to Pennie.