Thoughts on adoption

I read numerous blog posts about women who are pregnant or have given birth, and they are fun to read. And if it's someone I know or have befriended, then they are even quite thrilling.

But today I stumbled upon a blog I had never read before, and I was scrolling the archives, and I came across a short post about how her brother and sister-in-law were overseas, meeting their adopted daughter for the first time.

It was only a few short paragraphs, and I don't know anything about any of these people, but I got really emotional. Good emotional - happy emotional. Something about adoption hits my heart in a way that even the news of a pregnancy doesn't. I don't think either is better or more important than the other, I just have this emotional reaction to stories of adoption that I don't get on the same level from stories of pregnancy.

I think that's how I know I need to adopt a child (or children) someday. It's like it's written into my DNA code: will be an adoptive mother. Or like it's stamped on my heart and written into my destiny.  I think when I have the resources and when I am ready to be a mother, this will be the route I will explore before any other.

Comments

[Angie]

That's really awesome! Even as a little person, I'd thought about adopting children. I always wanted to have a couple of my own children and an adopted child. I guess time will tell on those fronts. I have an aunt who is adopted, and I've always been glad that she is. I think adoption is a very important thing.

[Stacy]

I'm totally with ya on thoughts about adoption. The second I met little man I was flooded with the feeling that so many little people were born into the world without someone to love them as much as I loved my little man. From that moment on, I knew adopting at least one child was in the cards for me :)

[Katie]

I love the idea of adoption. My husband and I are planning on adopting at least one, and have decided that if we have trouble have kids the natural way, that'll skip trying IVF or anything and just move to adoption. I'm totally with you!

[Babs]

I honestly believe I can skip over the whole childbirth thing and go straight to adoption. I definitely want to adopt.

[willikat]

Adoption is a really interesting topic.... lately I've been hearing a lot about how if the countries could get on the right track, then we wouldn't HAVE adoption except in extreme circumstances, etc. I never realized that politics entered into it at any point until recently.

BUT. It doesn't change my mind that now, there are a lot of children who need a lot of help and love, and that there are people out there who can and want to take them as their own. And I think that's an incredibly awesome, life-changing, and amazing idea. You would be such a great mom, and I think especially as an adoptive mom, as it poses unique challenges (and then the regular ones on top of it, the ones every mom and child has.) I'm curious, would you be interested in domestic or international adoption? or either? Or newborns/babies, or would you be open to adopting older kids? You have such a strong family life and viewpoint on the world, that I know you would just rock it no matter the situation.

I would definitely consider adoption, too.

[Abigail]

I love when you post stuff like this. It makes me want to hang out with you and have lots of conversations about all our very important soap boxes. Adoption, FTW.

[doahleigh - Holy Waste of Teab]

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[Angela]

I always knew I would adopt; I"ve told you about my first date with Kevin. But for me, there is a sadness that I will never experience pregnancy. But then I look at my naked flat stomach and I realize I would never like my body much afterward. There is some solace in that for me. I wish I was like you and had never considered natural pregnancy.