#adoption

I really want to believe that when our Quiet Waters kids wake up in the middle of the night, scared, they’ll remember being in their bunks with John and Kate and Whit and me right there protecting them,” he said. “I hope we gave them that sense of belonging because I know there’ll be times in their lives when grasping at those bonds could mean the difference between making it and not. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#anxiety #children #dating #faith #fear

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

There were two types of survivors in life: those, like her, who found the requisite strength in having once been loved with great intensity; and those who, having not been loved, learned to thrive on hatred, suspicion, and the meager rewards of revenge. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#love #orphans #strength-of-character #survivors #life

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? ↗

— Scott Simon

#gay-parents #parenting #love

Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage. ↗

— Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

#country #cultural #cultural diversity #diversity #every

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

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me. ↗

— Katherine Heigl

#been #family #felt #how #i

On gay adoption I have changed my mind. ↗

— Theresa May

#changed #gay #i #mind

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

If we adopted Jack," I quip, "we'd have to give him combat pay for an allowance ↗

— Daven Anderson

#family #humor #vampire #family