#adoption

The only really serious love is maternal, like the only really serious doubt is internal. A son who has faith in both should go apply for adoption. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #love #faith

If you should choose to look at those files, you will have to live with the consequences of your choices while, at the same time, being mindful that these choices will not only effect you, but will also infect, sorry, I intended to say effect, our entire family. ↗

— Donna K. Childree

#adoption-search #dysfunction #dysfunctional-families #family-relationships #mothers

So: this is where we are going to become parents. You walk into the building as a couple, and leave a few minutes later as a family. You walk in recollecting long romantic dinners, nights at the theater, and care-free vacations. You leave worrying about where to get diapers, milk, and Cheerios. ↗

— Scott Simon

#family

As we grew to love South Australia, we felt that we were in an expanding society, still feeling the bond to the motherland, but eager to develop a perfect society, in the land of our adoption. ↗

— Catherine Helen Spence

#australia #bond #develop #eager #expanding

Adoption is wonderful and beautiful and the greatest blessing I have ever experienced. Adoption is also difficult and painful. Adoption is a beautiful picture of redemption. ↗

— Katie Davis

#beauty

In an open adoption agreement, you agree to a minimum number of visits - a floor, not a ceiling. It's enforceable. ↗

— Dan Savage

#agree #agreement #ceiling #enforceable #floor

Race, blood, lineage, and nationality don't matter; they're just the way that small minds keep score. All that matters about blood is that it's warm and that it beats through a loving heart. ↗

— Scott Simon

#love

I can take care of myself, but I can’t take care of myself and a child. I’ve decided to give myself up for adoption.
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— Jarod Kintz

#adult #adulthood #child #children #decision

We should have given up years ago. It's so clear now. We should have "explored other options." We should have adopted. We gave up years of our lives and we very nearly destroyed our marriage. Our happy ending could have and should have arrived so much sooner. And even though I adore the fact that Francesca has Ben's eyes, I also see now that her biological connection to us is irrelevant. ↗

— Liane Moriarty

#infertility #marriage

Those who are wounded wound others. Moses was wounded profoundly when he lost his birth family, his heritage, and his history. In the years to come, he would come to know Jehovah-rophe, the Healer of life’s sicknesses and sorrows. Exodus 15: 26b says, “…for I am the Lord, who heals you.” (from Under His Wings: Healing Truth for Adoptees of All Ages) ↗

— Beth Willis Miller

#healing #wounds #age