Author Archives: jackperspectives

On Sunday, my son, Abraham, more or less woke up from his coma. He had the breathing tube in his throat so he couldn’t talk, but he was able to respond to questions by nodding or shaking his head.  It … Continue reading →

When I walked into Children’s Village for the first time to apply for a job as a child care worker with their population of emotionally disturbed kids, I remember thinking how the kids there must be on the road to … Continue reading →

When we talked, often, (at Family Focus Adoption Services) about me starting this blog, I put it off for many many months.  I was afraid that I would run out of things to say.  The people around me weren’t worried … Continue reading →

This blogging website has a spam catching service. Suspected spam comments are grabbed and deposited in a folder. After a few days, they are dumped.  Over the months, I have on occasion checked the folder and I have been impressed … Continue reading →

It’s been over seventeen years, not fourteen, since Irving died. I don’t know where my head was when I wrote fourteen. Jack

Today, I found a clipping from last month’s (paper) NY Times on my desk. I reread it, and knew immediately why I had cut it out originally:  “When you are surrounded by something so big that requires you to change … Continue reading →

I met with “Ted” yesterday; told him what I wanted to do; he told me he wanted it too. As a matter of fact, he told me that he was “going to ask me to adopt him.” Oh yeah?  And … Continue reading →

I finished a good book last month by a man older than me who was in prison in Angola (Louisiana) for 44 years.  Angola has had a rep for decades as being among the nation’s worst prisons, and I was … Continue reading →

Trying to create this new training for families looking to adopt kids whom they don’t know from the foster care system is forcing me to do some deep, and occasionally frustrating, thinking.  These kids have not only been multiply rejected … Continue reading →

Although I haven’t read it yet, I laughed when I saw that there is an article in this morning’s Times, with the headline: “Reason Seen More as Weapon Than Path to Truth.” Many is the time that I have witnessed … Continue reading →