What to Expect When You're Expecting: The Adoption Process
From the time I was little, I have always thought that I would like to, not only have a child or children of my own, but to also adopt children. I used to envision marrying a man of the same race, but adopting a child from a third-world country. My younger brother and I had a very happy childhood, but we knew there were children in the world who did not have homes or parents, and we tried to convince our parents to adopt a new brother or sister for us. In the end, they decided that the two children they already had were plenty and our pleas were left unfulfilled.
Even today, as I look to my future and think about the different options I have, I still openly consider the prospect of adopting a child. Yet, I realize that my consideration is very broad and greatly uninformed. I only had one friend growing up who was adopted and I thought that it was ‘cool' at the time. I knew close to nothing then about the......
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