#adoption

Even though you weren't born to us, you grew in our hearts. We will be forever connected because love is what makes a family. ↗

— Deanna Kahler

#domestic-adoption #family

If you marry an abortion doctor you won't have to be ashamed to tell your children they're adopted. ↗

— Bauvard

#adoption #funny #humor #funny

Adoption is a redemptive response to tragedy that happens in this broken world. ↗

— Katie J. Davis

#unplanned-pregnancy #love

I reached down and picked up a baseball bat at my feet and I flung it as hard as it could. It circled and arced high in the air until it slammed against the side of the dining hall with a crack and fell. I sat down in the dirt. Then I lay down in the dirt. Because not only was there no trail to follow, there was no evidence he’d ever been here. There was no evidence any of them had been here. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#dating #glass-girl #government #high-school #laura-anderson-kurk

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related. ↗

— Emily Procter

#adore #always #been #big #biologically

I think Angelina Jolie has done amazing, amazing things, and the international adoption rate just since her has skyrocketed. It's unbelievable. ↗

— Jessica Simpson

#amazing #amazing things #angelina #angelina jolie #done

A bonus in raising a child you don't have a biological tie to is you will never saddle them with watching their every move and declaring their musical talent as "that's from your dad's side". ↗

— Nia Vardalos

#music

Orphans? Would you really? Adopt children?" "There are advantages. If they turn out badly, we can blame their natural parents. We can also choose our own assortment of ages and genders. We can even get them ready-grown, if we wish. ↗

— Loretta Chase

#humor #ismal #leila #love #orphan

He's a unique dog, Mr. Bell had said. There is no other in the world that looks or acts just like him. ↗

— Martha McKiever

#dog-adoption #friends #inspirational #therapy-dogs #inspirational

I think my mom threatened to put me up for adoption a few times. ↗

— Ivanka Trump

#few #i #i think #me #mom