http://www.childlaw.us/omens/

http://www.wikileaks.org/wiki/One_Child%27s_Unending_Abuse_-_From_Disney_World_Girl_to_Drifter

One Child’s Unending Abuse – From Disney World Girl to Drifter

Those agendas continue to this day and go way beyond little old me or you or any other well-meaning honest people, to some very powerful people in high places who have a lot of explaining to do (and a lot to loose from the truth).

And I’m not talking about Masha’s international adoption. In so many ways her domestic adoption was much much worse and implicates vastly more people who should and do know better.

Much of her life past, present and future is a myth. She knows it. It took me over a year to piece all the disparate facts together and quite honestly it is much more shocking than anything you can imagine.

Her story goes way beyond adoption to power, corruption, lies and cover-ups. Or better yet, take a pile of shit, wrap it in a warm and fuzzy adoption bow and virtually anyone will buy it, sell it and market it to the world.

I guess it is about adoption after all.

The one thing it’s not about is Masha.

It is somewhat of a genuine honour to see your comment here, something I never expected, but thanks. I find your blog useful as well. “Adoption Real Estate” as a particular example.

But Masha, as I said in the post itself, I’ve been watching what I can of this pretty closely.

Some people care about Masha as a symbol or her ’story’ as some kind of ‘parable’ they might be able to use for various ends.

Me, I care about her, herself.

How she’s doing, now. And how she goes forward with her own life from here.

Additionally, I care about the series of events that led to this, and that still continue on. I care about ensuring that her incredible bravery in coming forward is more than just some ’story’, but that it actually sparks change. Change such that others not have to bear any portion of what she’s been through.

And I care deeply about the systems that not only made such possible, but to this very day continues to make such possible.

As someone who to whatever (miniscule) extent has blogged this, (so much more to say, haven’t really found the real words yet) I feel it’s important to say, I’m not pushing for anything further.

More details will either come or they won’t, but in many ways, it’s her life and the last thing she needs is people being nosy purely for their own interests, not in any genuine effort in bettering her circumstances or changing the structures making these things possible.

*IF* and when other parts of her truth are brought forward, naturally, I’ll try to help more people understand what happened, even as I myself struggle to comprehend what it is she has endured- but more importantly, encourage that educational process not as an end unto itself, but as a call for bringing an end to the aspects that created her situation(s) in the first place.

But for me, the bottom line for me is, to the extent I can even begin to comprehend what she has been through and is still going through, I feel for her. And worry about her, as I do so many minors who are or have been in various parts of the adoption system wherein things are done to them, or in the name of ‘for’ them, but aren’t in their genuine interest.

Minors in particular have little to no voice in so much of it, and while much is done in their name, sometimes little actually seems to be done genuinely for them or in their genuine interest.

Eventually, as more details spill out, I hope to do a real, much more in depth Masha related post.

P.S. I’ve been going through your site trying to get the “back story”. Not done yet. You write really well; thank you for that.

Yeah, I’ve got a post on the protest coming too.

In the meantime running your cursor across the protest links in the right hand side column and reading the ‘descriptions’ that come up should give you a smile.

And everyone else reading along- go look at the links for “Adoptee Rights Demonstration – JULY 22, 2008″! Do it, do it now! (what are you still doing staring at my humble little blog for- get! Go look! Now!)

Consider it my own little moment of educating LOUDLY!

You deserve it though your blog rocks! happy to spread the word!

Thanks for the very kind words on here, AND adding me to your blogroll, AND the plug over on AdultAdoptees.org! (Shaking head in stunned disbelief.)

All I can say is WOW- serious thanks! I’m ALWAYS in awe when someone else plugs my work somewhere else. I never fully understand why, but I guess there are a few fans out there. Pleasure to meet cha!

(And yup, Daisy, if you’re reading, I saw you doing the same over on Alas on the post “Did I Steal My Daughter?” Interesting Article On Transnational Adoption Thanx to you as well!)

Thanks to you both!

Now, in light of ohmygosh having ‘fans’ I suppose that means I should update the damn page, eh?

No worries. I’ve got several ‘baking’ and one on the verge of getting at least partially posted- any day now, really. Please forgive the suspense, it’s not an on purpose thing really, it’s a I don’t do blog time, thing.