A blogging Mom who I’ve long admired for her positive, want-to-be-a-mom attitude, posted this blog a few weeks ago and I’ve been wanting to share it every since. It’s called, Deciding to Adopt and it spoke to me and I think it would speak really well to families who are pre-adoptive or hope to adopt “someday.” Here’s a snippet of the blog:
“Ultimately, making the decision to adopt is a multi-step discernment process, and one that usually involves a lot of back-and-forth and thinking through scenarios and ruling out others.
1.) It’s not either/or.
2.) It doesn’t have to be a lifelong dream.
3.) It doesn’t have to be his/her idea too.
4.) It doesn’t have to be all mapped out.
5.) It’s not everyone’s dream.
6.) It’s okay to be afraid.
7.) It’s not about who you are.
8.) It’s about redemption (and redemption isn’t easy).
9.) It’s not all about the money (but it’s expensive.)
10.) But try to always remember that in addition to adding to your family in a pretty amazing way, adoption is about becoming a family to a child who needs one. ”
Read the whole thing here: “http://heldts.blogspot.com/2012/03/deciding-to-adopt.html“