Awhile back, Tia asked me if I would take over writing the articles on adoption for The Front Porch. I was taken aback. I wasn’t sure I had anything to offer. I had nothing like Tia’s experience with foster care and adoption. We have only adopted twice, and both of those adoptions were international adoptions.
Not only that, but out of the two adoptions, one failed.
We have never done foster care and we have never adopted domestically (within the States).
Doesn’t sound like a shining resume, does it?
After giving it some thought and talking about it with my husband (who is a very great man though he prefers I keep that knowledge to myself and not spread it around so thickly) and some close friends, I’ve decided that though I have limited experience, I am surrounded by people who have experienced adoption, either as adoptive parents, adopted children, or as the siblings of adopted children, and that I have close personal experience with people who have done foster care and seen the good side and the difficult side of fostering children.
So, like any housewife with limited resources, I’m going to use what I have at hand and try to make the best of it.
In the next few months, you will read articles by or about people who have adopted children. We will also have articles by those who have grown up in families with adopted children. I’ll share about our two adoptions, one filled with joy and the other filled with devastating grief. We will hear from those who have chosen to take on some of the most difficult children whose lives have been irreversibly damaged by drugs, neglect, and abuse.
After reading some of the stories, there may be those who desire to know more about the “hows” of adopting. I won’t be writing about the process of adopting at this time, but if you go to the sidebar of my blog, Eleven Oreos, you will see a list of names of bloggers who have adopted. You can contact them personally with questions of how to get started or what the process involves. Please feel free to email me personally as well, and I can see if I can match you up with a family who has adopted with the same vision that is in your heart.
Thank you, Tia, for this opportunity to share about one of the most amazing aspects of “loving your neighbor as you love yourself”.
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