High hopes, and disappointing times

Well, the fiasco with the mother and her children is over, she has changed her mind. So we are back to our original plan. At least we will be in Texas long enough to get the process of all the classes, and home studies complete, and be able to actually try again.
This has been a stressful, and trying time with these children.
They live in a terrible situation with all of their parents, and grandparents not even on the same continent as them, leaving them to whomever will take them in, and yet, they think they are fine, and do not understand that there is a better life out there.
The mother wanted to give them a better life, but then the grandparents, and the people she was living with stepped in, and said that they are her kids, and how could she give them away...so she changed her mind.
They are right, they are her children. But for the situation she has left them in, if she was living here, they would have been wards of the state by now.
But they live in a place that does not have the best interest of the children at heart, and so they will continue to live in that terrible place with no mother, father, or grandparents there to care for them.
And that will have to be alright with us. There are many children here at home that we could give a better life to, so we will go find them.

Right or Wrong? Left Wing or Right?

Back to the topic of Sarah Palin, (speaking of Sarah, here is a picture I took while in alaska) and her ability to run as VP, and how she is so much like the rest of the world, yet...
There are some out there that say she should not abandon her children to run for office, that she talks about family values, yet where are hers?
I have a hard time with this sentiment only because I will be a working mother, due to the fact that my husband is a musician, and very good at his skill, but until he makes it big :) , I need a steady job to ensure we can afford our life.
So when children come into the picture, (which by the way we will be adopting), when my husband is out of town, they will go to day care.
So some may say...why are you adopting children just to drop them off everyday with someone else?
I say...
If they are able to be adopted chances are their world was much more grim than having to go to "pre-school" and having a mother and father who love them pick them up everyday, and take them to a home where dinner will be made, and they have a comfortable bed to sleep in, and they are safe.
I still think I am doing the right thing.
And I am a career woman, working up a very busy ladder.
Not only that, but when my husband goes to play sometimes he is out of town for weeks at a time. So not only am I a career minded women, half of the time I will be a "single mother" working a full time job.
So I have a feeling that I will be looked at as a saint for adopting in some peoples eyes, and a heathen for adopting and not staying home in others.
But what I think I am is a woman who wants to give a child who is already here a second chance at a better environment.
There is also the question or statement that comes up that people feel bad for us because we cannot have children of our own, and how sad for us that we cannot have our own flesh and blood.
Let me squash these questions or statements. We are adopting children because we want to, not because that is our second choice. There is no reason why we could not have children of our own. We have just chosen a different path for our family.
So would the right thing still be to not adopt?
That is the question.
And perhaps the question for Sarah Palin would be...are her children well cared for. You know a mother is not the only person who can care for a child. What about the dad? Or the Grandparents? They all lived together in the same town.
Hmmm.

The life and the times.

I have been reading Mrs. B Roths blog, and there has been much talk about many touchy subjects that everyone in the word regards differently.
Religion, Sex, and Politics!
So I thought I would put my views out there as well, since this is my blog!
Lets start with politics, since that seems to be the topic of the day.
Sarah Palin...What to do with her. Do we like her? Do we judge her? Or do we accept her?
Well, I can tell you there is one part of the campaign this year that I really do like. The fact that the notion is going around that it does not matter if you are a registered Republican, or a registered Democrat, or anything in between.
What really matters is that you agree with their plans, and TRUST them.
Now while I completely agree with this, and could never myself register as any party due to the fact that I have voted all different ways depending on who was running, for what office, and what they stood for.
I do have a problem with the TRUST part.
Do we really Trust any of the people running for office? Do we know them? Do we know what they will do in a tough situation. Are they secretly greedy, and can be bought. Do they have a past experience like McCain that could make him racist, or at least less apt to listen to a particular type of person. We would be putting him right smack in a war. Where he did not have such good experiences from his tour. But perhaps that made him more capable?
So what do we really know about any politician?
There are people out there who say they would not vote for Hillary because she stayed married to a man who cheated on her (I would be assuming more than once) but until we live in her shoes, do we know why? I would be more likely not to vote for her because of her persona of superiority, than that she stayed with a cheater.
What about Obama? He does not have the experience, and I do think that is important. But is it the most important?
So when it all comes down to it. Do we fall back on..."well, I have no idea who to choose, because I do not really agree with all points from any candidate" and vote for who we feel our "party" is regardless of ideals?
That is the reason that we vote! We have the chance to put ourselves out there and say...while I do not agree with everything that you say, I am going to trust you to keep my family safe, and to provide good schools, and to make this country one that I am proud to live in.
What a heavy burden for anyone.
I will vote, but I have not decided for whom, due to the fact that I have not taken the time to properly research each of the candidates. And I do not trust everything I see on TV, or read on the Internet. :) However, I do have to use those sources for everything, so lets hope that 80% of the facts that I get are in fact true!
Since this blog has gotten a little long winded, I am going to have to leave the Sex and Religion topics for another time!