Not everyone is called to adopt but those who are have to follow through or it haunts your thoughts, your dreams, your future. As an adoptee I always believed I would adopt through the foster care system, and I probably still will, however, I fell in love with these two kids at an orphanage in Haiti and there's no turning back now. I love them, ache for them, dream about the, envision their future and pray for them as I do for Destiny and Christopher....they are my children.
Not everyone understands that, especially when there are so many needy children right here, in the US. I have a personal belief that ALL children deserve a forever family, not just US kids, not just Haiti kids or China kids....ALL kids. I can't give ALL kids a home so if someone is passionate enough about the kids in foster care to be offended at my (or anyone's) international adoption then that person needs to go do something about their passion. I will jump off the soapbox and onto the reason I started this post......
I just read this on another blog and loved it (www.addingtotheandrews.blogspot.com).
Not everyone understands that, especially when there are so many needy children right here, in the US. I have a personal belief that ALL children deserve a forever family, not just US kids, not just Haiti kids or China kids....ALL kids. I can't give ALL kids a home so if someone is passionate enough about the kids in foster care to be offended at my (or anyone's) international adoption then that person needs to go do something about their passion. I will jump off the soapbox and onto the reason I started this post......
I just read this on another blog and loved it (www.addingtotheandrews.blogspot.com).
We don't adopt to "rescue" children.
We don't adopt to become the next Brangelina.
We don't adopt to get a pass into Heaven.
She goes on to list all the reasons they are adopting so I wanted to make my own little list......
We adopt because I know the feeling of rejection and abandonment and the amazing feeling of being accepted in a family through adoption.
We adopt because every child deserves to know and believe they are valuable and special.
We adopt because kids shouldn't have to cry alone or celebrate accomplishments alone.
We adopt because we see our own kids in the kids at these orphanages and we can't handle the thought of our children having to live without the love we share with them.
We adopt because we love God and He tells us to do something to help those in need. He tells us to help the widows and the orphans. He puts something in each of us that we have to answer to and we are not going to ignore it to make our secure, US lives as cushy as it can be.
We adopt because our heart won't let us not. We didn't ask to fall in love with these kids. We didn't go to Haiti with the intent of adoption at this time in our lives. We just went to help, like we have been for many years. Now our heart told us to help more.
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