The adoption process is a long process. Right now we have five children going through the process.

The community has a responsibility for our children. We do not want our children to grow up without these adult connections.

Right now, our POS/AIDC VARs are the closest to adoption. We're telling them to come on in, the water's fine. There's no doubt RFID is going to happen, and our VAR community is standing right in the middle of this opportunity.

there can be no fundamental right to apply for adoption.

Think Adoption First is the right thing to do, and we are absolutely committed to making this work, to the benefit of adoptable animals and our community animal welfare partners.

Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother?

Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life.