Meme: Page 123
I've been tagged by OneOfHisMoms, from a post on Momtourage:
- Grab the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
- Open it to page 123.
- Find the first 5 sentences and write them down.
- Then invite 5 friends to do the same.
The Essential Guide to Lesbian Conception, Pregnancy and Birth
by Kim Toevs and Stephanie Brill
Sample Known-Donor Contract
This is one version of many boilerplate contracts women have used with their known donors. We encourage people to make their contract personal by using their own names rather than "donor" and "recipient. Include the recipient's partner if she is also taking on the role of a parent, and include a paragraph by the donor and the recipients about what is motivating them to make this agreement. Our suggestions here are based on how a child or young adult may feel in the future when reading the agreement that preceded their conception. This document should be written out of love and consientious choice - not just to prevent a possible legal dispute.
I'm tagging Shrike, Anonymama, LadyKay, LivingInPA and (are you still alive?) Toni.
If you're a buddy of the blogless variety, you can post your answers in the comments.
The book is A guide to Crisis Intervention by Kristi Kanel. (It's a text book.) The subject is teen pregnancy.
ReplyDeleteSome choose to keep their babies instead of offering them for adoption because of their misguided belief that the baby will provide them with the nurturing they lacked at home.
Many clinics and shelters have been set up to address the problems peculiar to this group of teenagers. For example, pregnant teen girls can often be cared for in facilities in which they can go to school and learn how to parent the baby. The crisis worker should be aware of the availability of such options in the area. Parents are often willing to help out, and the crisis worker must help the entire family adjust to the pregnancy and the baby.
Odd that it ended up being on pregnancy too... Albeit a very different aspect there of!
My book is "Month-By-Month" Gardening in Pennsylvania by Liz Ball. The subject is Houseplants. Okay, I am not making judgements about anyone. But, I believe plants belong outside where they have some prayer of getting water and sun, not left to be forgotten and die in our house. But, I am playing by the rules, wishing I had something a hell of a lot more interesting:
ReplyDeleteLook for spots, wilting, color change, or drooping that indicates problems. Re-evaluate all plants' environments periodically as the sun changes position, thermostats get moved up and down, and plants grow larger. A brownish or whitish crust on the surface of the soil or around the inside edge of the pot is accumulated salts from water-soluble fertilizer. Leach them from the potting medium by letting running water from the faucet wash through it, or repot the plant in the fresh potting medium. Go easy on the fertilizer in the future.
Thanks for playing along!
ReplyDeleteZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
ReplyDeleteI put myself to sleep. Trust me, Interwebs, I have much more interesting books than these. On the other hand, I am probably lucky they weren't near my computer....
I am getting to it asap. Swamped right now. Soon. Promise.
ReplyDeleteThe book lying here is "Rita", the book about the hurricane. I turned to page 123 and it was just pictures so I turned back to the first page with 5 sentences.
ReplyDelete"Getting the kids back to school was a problem after the Port Arthur Independent School District sustained $7million in damage. Travis Elementary, Memorial High School, Woodrow Wilson Middle School and Dick Dowling Elementary were severely damaged and the heating and air conditioning units at Dowling were blown off the roof. Friday night football came crashing down along with the trees. With so many evacuated students and faculty, closed schools and damaged stadiums, about 33 Southeast Texas schools, from Port Arthur as far north as Burkeville, had to reschedule, transfer or cancel games. By November, more than $500million of individual assistance was provided to 200,000 Texas individuals and families affected by Hurricane Rita."
Reading that again gives me cold chills all over. Sorry it was not upbeat.