When my husband and I started discussing getting married we both decided that we wanted to adopt a child or a sibling group. Unlike a majority of the people who make the decision to adopt we did not have a fertility issue. We actually took all the necessary precautions not to have children the good old fashioned way. If you are anything like my in-laws, you may be wondering why we would chose adoption rather than birthing our children. Hopefully this blog will help clarify that for you.
When we thought of our family we both knew that the kids were as much of a given as either of us were. We wanted children there was no question about that, but we also know there are hundreds of thousands of children in the foster care system that were looking for a family to call their own. These kids did not ask to be born; they did not ask to be placed in foster care all they are asking for is a family to love.
Yes some of the children in foster care have been through a lot, some may have been physically and/or mentally abused or neglected but does that mean they did not deserve a safe family to love? The children in foster care have been placed there for so many different reasons that I cannot even begin to list them all. The one thing these children all have in common is that they did not choose the lives they were given. Why should a child have to grow up in the foster care system? Should a child ever have to live with feeling unwanted or unloved?
My husband Chris and I had unconditional love to offer to children. The adoption process is long and it is hard but let me tell you it is so worth it. If you saw my bio you know we have 3 wonderful kids that know they have a tummy mommy and daddy and they have a heart mommy and daddy and that is me and my husband.