Dear Cinderella:
How can you consider yourself as ANYTHING!
Well, I mean, I have to consider myself as SOMETHING, don’t I? I actually consider myself to be a lot of things…Caucasian, a female, short, incredibly attractive…
Don’t you know most of all the kids in foster care are there illegally!!!!
Actually, no, I didn’t know that.
By the case wrecker telling lies!!!
About what? About when my respite check will get here? Actually, it did get here! So that wasn’t a lie. And actually, a caseworker can’t put kids in foster care. I’m sure they do tell lies though. Like when I say, “Mr. Caseworker, do you like this new pair of hot pink kitten heels I bought?” and he says, “Oh yeah! They look great with your pedicure” and really he is thinking, “What the hell is a kitten heel?”
How can you be so blind!
You are probably right. No child in the United States is ever abused or neglected. You know, except for me. And my brother and sister and all the kids who live in my house and well…I guess we are the only ones. What a coincidence.
To confuse the children by having them call you MOMMY???
Oh shoot! Didn’t you read the comment thread? You should always read the comment thread before commenting. Just to recap: I don’t have them call me anything. They can call me whatever the heck they feel like, as long as it isn’t asshole or Fred or something.
Did God give you the child???
I don’t remember God giving me the child, no. Of course, I don’t believe in God. But hey, if he wants to give me a child, that would be cool. He can consider this an open invitation. There’s always room for one more kid here.
If you are accepting monay to support this child then you are GREEDY not a caring person!!!!
I know, right? Because the state gives me so much money! I mean, I only take care of these kids 24 hours a day. But hey, I’m greedy! Like when we went to Build a Bear this weekend? I did it because I was GREEDY and I was hoping that if I bought the kids some really overpriced teddy bears then I could use the state’s money to buy an Auntie Anne’s pretzel with sweet mustard and a cherry coke since I was already in the mall. And guess what? I DID. And then I didn’t even drink all the coke. Isn’t that GREEDY? And uncaring????
You are NO better than a baby stealer!
Actually, I don’t have any babies, stolen or otherwise. It would be more accurate to say “You are NO better than a toddler, preschooler, preteen, and teenage stealer!” Or maybe “thief?” I think “thief” has a nice ring to it, huh?
May you seek God for forgivness before it is to lte !
Well, like I said, not a big God believer. And really, if there is a God and he wants to send me to hell for being a foster parent…….well, me and that God probably wouldn’t get along too well anyway. I guess I will just have to spend all eternity in hell with all the other foster parents, lying case workers, and the baby stealers/thiefs/robbers. Maybe they will have pretzels and cherry coke there. That would be sweet.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:19 pm
Oh good Lord, when I posted- I didn’t expect the nuts to come out.
I think your carriage has turned back into a pumpkin, Cinderella, dear- you need to go home.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Wow. That’s insane.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Don’t let the princesses get you down.
I always did find princesses to be a pain in the butt.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Well, if you’re going to be a greedy children thief, then I think you should have gone all out at the mall and gotten a Cinnabon too
You know you totally rock in my book!!
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:26 pm
I am totally craving Auntie Anne’s pretzels now. I wish I were rich from fostering children like you obviously are so I could go buy a bunch of them.
Seriously, some people just don’t get it. I applaud you for the difference you are making in those kids’ lives.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Thank God (or whoever) for foster parents like you. I think those kids are damn lucky to have landed with you. Ignore the loons who think otherwise. How many abused/neglected kids has she rescued???
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Please tell me you didn’t actually get a comment like that one!!! Good night! *rolls eyes*
Oh, and for the record. I believe in God, and He actually aproves of adoption… I do remember reading that in the Bible…
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:46 pm
All of a sudden hell sounds like a good time if baggage and yondalla and the rest of us baby/infant/toddler/preschooler/child/preteen/teen thieves are headed that way.
I’ll bring the Dr. Pepper and the Black Pepper Triscuits.
October 23rd, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Black Pepper Triscuits???? Oh that sounds good…..I’m prepared to go to hell for those.
October 23rd, 2007 at 6:08 pm
Dude you are so totally doing this for the money. I knew it when you were in debt and taking in more kids just for the dough…
(You know I am being sarcastic, right?)
Trolls suck….
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
What was that?!?! I can’t even believe that there are people like this who think generous people like yourself open up your house and heart for a little bit of assistance!!!
I second Julie - I belive wholeheartedly in God and knows he approves of your spirit and your heart!
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
you have got to be kidding me. i’m usually not a violent person, but i really just want to smack that troll.
way to go baggage. i hope that someday i can handle such bullshit with your wit.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:08 pm
The troll is right.
Foster parenting = Hell.
But I don’t think she meant it that way.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:20 pm
Have you ever tried Cheerwine? MUch better than Cherry Coke….
as for the rest of that, no comment. Except, hee hee hee ha ha ha ha dumb ole troll, go back under your bridge and scratch yourself.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:23 pm
omg, i just read more of the blog. not only are they TROLLS, they are INSANE!!!! It’s a shame even CRAZY folks can spread their hateful vitriol.
October 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Glad to see you have kept your sense of humor. A well-deserved troll smackdown.
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:30 pm
Long time reader and lurker, just wanting to say that Baggage, your one hell of a cool Foster Mum.
And I loved this post!
October 23rd, 2007 at 8:49 pm
hehe, you do know when I read this post I went back and searched out the original troll comments. So I haven’t much to say here. I do so wonder what part of the cinderella story she identifies with though.
October 23rd, 2007 at 9:45 pm
Sadly enough this sounds like an ex-foster kid to me, perhaps one who did not have foster parents like you? Just because it reads so completely raw and grief-stricken?
Yes—this is a troller, but still, sad, and from the spelling, I’m guessing they didn’t get much of an education either.
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:04 pm
I think “Cinderella” and “Mary” are actually a single two-headed beast. Wonder if there is a “666″ tattooed behind its ear? oh dear.
I love that I’m “going to hell” for following where God has led me. Providing shelter to abused and neglected children… was that in the 10 Comandments? I don’t remember that lesson in Sunday School?
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Mmm… Cheerwine… They don’t have it in Chicago! Mail me some!
Baggage I wish my blog was popular enough to get a few trolls!
October 24th, 2007 at 2:14 am
Oh, yessssss, the Black Pepper and Olive Oil Triscuits are fantastic. They are now among the few things I require in the house at all times: Sliced turkey breast, Yerba Mate tea, espresso beans, milk, and a few other things make the list. Go getcha some.
October 24th, 2007 at 5:51 am
hell…now *i* want a pretzel and a cherry coke! (although my preferred drug of choice is wild cherry pepsi.)
that troll is insane!
October 24th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Well that was some sort of crazy. They let all kinds on the internet, don’t they? If hell has pretzels and cherry coke - buy me one-way ticket!
October 24th, 2007 at 8:25 am
If she is right, I’ll join you in hell…
October 24th, 2007 at 8:37 am
I love crazies, they keep life interesting!
October 24th, 2007 at 9:00 am
Ignorant people make my head hurt
I love your humor, though! Kitty heels - haha!
October 24th, 2007 at 10:11 am
Hey Fred,
You know you’ve gotten kinda big when you attract your first trolls. Congrats!
October 24th, 2007 at 10:23 am
You are more ceative in your replies than I would be in mine. “Shut-up or I will flick you in the forehead” doesn’t have the desired effect most of the time.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:40 am
What you didn’t get your own Build-a-bear with your pretzel and cherry coke? I would have at least to remember all of the state supported lies right? I mean if there are no neglected abused children there may be abused and neglected bears without expensive clothes. Save the bears. Be a bear foster family.
What a jerk cinderella is. I agree princesses can be a pain in the arse.
Beverly
October 24th, 2007 at 12:05 pm
Gina’s got me laughing…whoever it was that commented about sending the Cheerwive, email me and I’ll send a bottle. Its a local delicacy ha ha.
Let’s play “Analyze the Troll”: um, let’s see, I’m guessing, she’s a stepchild with horrid stepmom? Dad deceased? Or does the plot thicken, and Dad is really murdered in the dead of night in a suspicious accident…hhhmmmm.
and “Mary”., well? Hmmph. Lost me there. Mary Mary Quite Contrary? Possibly. Mary, Virgin Mother of Jesus? Don’t see a connection, unless she got knocked up at 15 and was forced to marry a man not the father…?
Shoot, lost me.
I personally like the implication that people who expect others to help support their children to be GREEDY!!!!!. So does that mean every single mother, ex-wife with custody, single dads, ex-hubby’s with custody, grandparents on a limited income who are willing to raise the kids, foster parents, etc are all GREEDY!!!!!!?
Dang-a-lankin. The downfall of America. We’re raising someone else’s kids (remember, God didn’t give them to us, the just appeared out of thin air on our doorsteps, at our kitchen tables, and in our yards), and they can’t call us Momma (bad 11 month old just starting to talk who only mumbles mama..bad baby, bad!!!) yet we still expect to receive compensation?!
Stupid. Next thing you know people won’t just volunteer to go to work everyday, they’ll actually expect to be paid for the hours they work. GREEDY!!!!!
Hee hee hee, gotta love the trolls. They by far are some of the most amusing writings out there, don’t ya’ll agree?
Back to Cinderella? As in “Cinderella, dressed in yella”, I’m guessing it just means she’s a coward, and wanted a nice way to say it!
October 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Hehe, this was great.
October 24th, 2007 at 4:29 pm
Yeah, well I can see how greedy you are, cause we all know foster parents get paid the big bucks and they live in huge houses and drive suv’s while the fosters eat bread crumbs. Yup, yup, yup!
October 24th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Holy crap, Baggage, hope you get a chance to read this with all the free time you have with your feet up eating bon-bons and burning dollar bills for fun, you rich, baby-stealing wench.
GAH!!!!!!
Trolls will never cease to amaze me with their assholery. Little baby Jeebus in the manger, do people SUCK. Excuse me, I need to go kick something.
October 24th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
hahaha, i don’t know what i find funnier, the crazy shit from cinderella and mary, or the comments from y’all.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:53 am
I wanted to respond to that troll, but I was afraid I’d be feeding it, and I already have a neighbor cat I feed that I don’t want to. I’m so glad you responded.
October 25th, 2007 at 6:05 pm
Just had a chat with God and She mentioned that her method of keeping the world moving along is to delegate the really important task of raising children to all kinds of moms - foster, bio, adoptive; even loving aunts and honorary big sisters. She sends her thanks to you for doing more than your fair share of the work and regrets that current financial compensation is nowhere near adequate for your efforts.
October 26th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Now, I’m dying to know. What the heck are kitten heels!
Love your blog!
October 27th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I am truly sorry that you recieved such a comment. Sometimes people are angry with the system and forget that foster parents are being told things too. Yes, there are MANY (one is too many in my book) children that are abused and neglected. I respect what you and the many other foster parents do. I hope you will research though the many cases where parents (foster and natural) are accused of abuse when there is none. We need to fight for our children.