After weeks of visiting African orphanages and media teases of "she's adopted! oh no, she hasn't, false alarm...", a high court in Malawi filed some papers that indicate that Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie can take custody of a one-year-old boy named David. The boy is not an orphan, though. David's father was widowed when David's mother died in childbirth a year ago. Madge and Guy have apparently promised to bring David home for a visit every once in a while, so his father gets to see him.
But this seems a little odd to me. Why not adopt a child who's truly an orphan? Or send a million dollars to help the entire village of impoverished people instead of rescuing one boy from destitution and raising him in a castle in England? How do you take a boy from his father and say, "yes, you're still poor--you stay here, and we'll take your son to a life in the lap of luxury, ok? He'll do fine. You just do whatever it is you do here, and every once in a while. we'll let you guys visit each other." I just don't get it.
But it's Madge. Who am I to question Her ways?
David's father may still be alive, but he and the rest of his family couldn't support David - hence why David had been in an orphanage since he was a month old. Furthermore, the father has given her his blessings on the adoption.
I'm not sure I have all the answers, either. I do think Esther Madge's heart is in the right place, even if she has left more questions than answers - and perhaps hasn't thought out everything.
I am just glad she is trying to do something to help Malawi - unlike people like the American Family Association, who seem to think help is waging war on Madonna.
Posted by: Madonna | October 13, 2006 at 11:34 AM
oh mna
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Posted by: wfwf | October 13, 2006 at 12:59 PM
Esther,
Sean Hannity said the same thing you did today! But I think you said it first.
Posted by: Isophorone | October 13, 2006 at 05:58 PM
Hannity's still on the air? Damn.
Posted by: Madonna | October 13, 2006 at 10:14 PM
Madonna: It baffles me how Hannity stays on the air. President Clinton retired low these many years ago but still every night all our nation's problems are Bill Clinton's fault (and I only surf in from time to time to FNC and I hear Hannity say such things constantly!). I'll tell you, to sit through that night after night his regular viewers must be brain dead, what can they buy? how can the advertisers make any $$$ I wonder.
Posted by: Some Loser | October 16, 2006 at 11:33 AM
Ah, Loser and I have something in common. NEITHER of us watch Fox News Channel! LOL
This Friday, I was off work and running errands when I happened to hear him on the radio. Then again, he isn't bankrupt like Air(head) America! LMAO
Anyway, Hannity can't be all that bad if he shares opinions with Esther. ;-)
Posted by: Ron | October 16, 2006 at 03:36 PM
I can hear Madonna reading your post and saying;
"Yeah, that's right - and what would you know about it?"
"Have you ever played live on MTV Unplugged, or had a number one record in over 50 different countries - all at once?"
But seriously now, when ever I make a donation to starving kids in Africa, I normally don't ever expect to bring the kid home with us, do we?
Posted by: Courtney Hamilton | October 17, 2006 at 07:04 AM
A week later, I think there is only one thing to say:
If this were Julia Roberts, or Jessica Simpleson, or one of America's "sweethearts", the media would be portraying this as heartwarming, touching and be telling us how great this is.
But since this is Madonna, the evil whore, well, it must be bad and have bad intentions.
And, in the words of Howard Cosell, I'm just telling it how it is.
Posted by: Madonna | October 19, 2006 at 09:38 PM