IS ADOPTION DIFFICULT?
When someone asks me if
the process of adoption is difficult I say:
No, as long
as you don’t mind filling out the same piece of paperwork six times.
No, as long
as you don’t mind strangers coming into your home eying your dying plants strangely.
No, as long
as you don’t mind routinely mailing your social security number and gross
income to anyone who happens to ask for it.
No, as long
as you don’t mind having your fingerprints taken by your local police, state
police and very friendly federal agents.
No, as long
as you don’t mind acquaintances and family asking you strange questions like,
“what if he doesn’t want to be adopted?”
No, as long
as you don’t mind a caseworker measuring your rooms to see if you have room for
1 more child.
No, as long
as you don’t mind writing a 10 page autobiography on your “not so perfect”
childhood and your weird relations.
No, as long
as you don’t mind a child’s face falling when he realizes he is not on a
sleepover.
No, as long
as you don’t mind not being able to grocery shop without getting a babysitter
and calling it a date.
No, as long as you don’t mind packing scabies medicine and vowing not to eat fresh fruit and vegetables for 2 weeks
Adoption may not be easy, but it is worth it.
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