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Read through the most famous quotes by topic #adopt
…there is no other logical explanation for how things ultimately worked out except by God’s hand. ↗
#international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine #until-we-all-come-home
We, who have so much, need to reach out to the orphans of this world and show them the care, hope, and love they deserve. ↗
#international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #ukraine #until-we-all-come-home
You are stranded in a culture where you can’t trust many, you don’t fully understand the language, and you can’t read the signs—and at the same time you try not to let on that you can’t do those things. ↗
#ginger-kolbaba #international-adoption #kim-de-blecourt #orphans #until-we-all-come-home
Fifteen-year-old girls produce children with sixteen-year-old boys in the backseat of cars and in the stairwells of apartment buildings. Why can't two loving adults who have contemplated parenthood and are prepared to offer love, patience, and devotion come up with enough chromosomal matter to stick together and create a child? ↗
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were measured by their deeds, on the one hand, I had a woman who had chosen to give me up; on the other, I had a woman who'd sat up with me at night when I was sick as a child, who'd cried with me over boyfriends, who'd clapped fiercely at my law school graduation. Which acts made you more of a mother? Both, I realized. Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. ↗
House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust. ↗
