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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 8:16am |
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It's everywhere at the moment, as something like this would be, but it makes me feel so sad and desperate.
Al said last night that he thinks the father has probably killed the mother, and dumped the little girl. In that case, he's probably done the kindest thing for her - left her somewhere public and relatively safe.
As someone though, that would give a lot to have a child, it's has affected me surprisingly to know that there is a little girl out there who needs a family. I'd adopt her in a hearbeat, and I'm not just saying that.
For whatever reason, my mind and heart are turning increasingly to adoption at the moment. Perhaps it's knowing what we've got to go through to have a child, and that there are already so many children out there, like Pumpkin, who are already here and need a family.
Isn't the world a funny, funny place?
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ginger
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 8:18am |
I suppose I should have posted that under 'in the news'  Sorry! 
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 8:22am |
i have been thinking about poor pumpkin too. Not too sure about the murder angle. sounds like she has been abandoned by both parents. And to think her parents may be NZers! 
and ginger it certainly wouldnt hurt to start looking into adoption anyway. you may find yourself with kids all over the place...!! 
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 8:54am |
ginger i was also thinking the father had killed the mother.....that poor girl must be so frightened 
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 9:02am |
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Yeah I was really shocked when i saw it on the news, its so sad the poor wee girl.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:04am |
She is so adorable too....it breaks your heart doesnt it, she must have been so scared. On the upside - she is prob going to have a much better life with an adoptive family than she would have with a father that would do something like dump her.
My mum has a friend who adopted 2 litle girls from china, a brother and sister from Fiji and then another little girl from China. They are all grown up now, and she has done an awesome job (she was a single mum!!) - I think adoption is fantastic, especially when you have so much love to give to a child.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:09am |
Ginger my DH agrees with that theory of Murder, it kinda makes sense. Will have to wait and see now.
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I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:12am |
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Yeah it is really upsetting, I also think he may have topped the mum especially as there is no sign of her even with the amount of news coverage. It is good that NZ, OZ and the US are all working together to find the parents. I hope that she is safely settled into a family soon, be it hers or an adoptive one. She must be so scared at the moment, it is no wonder she didn't speak for 3 days.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:14am |
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hubby thinks so too. i mean, what mum wouldn't be beside herself if her estranged hubby took off with her daughter.
makes you just wanna hop a plane and pick her up "thank you" and bring her back home.
In japan they have an "unwanted children" box at some hospitals that poeple keep leaving toddlers in. I can understand saying you are tempted to leave them somewhere as they yell and scream, but never in a heartbeat would anyone I know.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:19am |
In Italy they used to have special boxes at Convents for unwanted children that were in the walls, and you could put the baby into it then turn the handle and it would turn into the wall of the convent so the nuns would tak the baby. They have just re-introduced these at some of the big hospitals through Italy.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:22am |
I saw a thing on those boxes in Japan, same as you when they are screaming a place but I could never leave behind my boys.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:22am |
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I was watching the news story last night and my heart was breaking for little Pumpkin.
I saw her wandering round looking for her Daddy and getting upset and all I wanted to do was wrap her up and bring her home.
I think adoption is an amazing thing to do Ginger, a huge gift for both the parents and the child.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:31am |
I've heard of those boxes in Japan before too, I couldn't imagine just leaving a baby there! But it's better than some of the things that have been unhappening with unwanted newborns in NZ lately  
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 10:47am |
AH bugger. Just watched the news clip and . poor little kiddo!! She's so so so cute too.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 11:14am |
I hope it isnt what everyone thinks and that maybe the mum just doesnt watch news etc (alot of ppl dont) and that they will find her alive and well.... and throw the dad in jail for a LONG time!!
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 12:44pm |
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Isn't she just an adorable wee girl, my heart broke when that story came out...I had an awful feeling that the father may have killed the mother - seems a bit fishy that they can't locate the mother and now the father is supposedly in the US...?? If that were the case, I am so glad that wee Pumpkin was spared...Here's hoping this story has a happy ending.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 12:53pm |
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In the US they have made it perfectly legal to drop of an unwanted baby at fire station, hospitals etc with no questions asked, seems horrible but it has stopped a lot of unwanted newborns being killed by mums who just don't know what else to do. They should probably introduce something like that here and let the babies go to homes where they will be loved.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 1:29pm |
Oh sad. I just heard on the news the family of Pumpkin have been investigated by police and CYFS... So obviously that is why they are really stressing about finding the mum alive!! That poor girl.
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 8:09pm |
 Poor wee girl
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Posted: 18 September 2007 at 9:12pm |
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weird but noone believed me around home when i said right at beginning - bet he has killed her and bet she has had a protection order against him.....Im always right on these things....
OMG its all becoming too obvious lately....poor kid! I just hope they find the mums body soon - I dont doubt it was a sword thing for him, and hope there is family to take her in....she is a totally cute kiddie!
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