tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post1762621972390386716..comments2024-02-09T11:51:09.364-05:00Comments on On Loan From Heaven: Risky Business... Don't Adopt!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-19355895790165649212012-03-08T17:22:07.245-05:002012-03-08T17:22:07.245-05:00Thanks for this great post. As a hopeful adoptive ...Thanks for this great post. As a hopeful adoptive parent, I've gotten similarly overwhelmed by reading about birthmothers' pain on various websites. It's real and it's difficult, and adoption has a dark history. But that doesn't mean that my spouse and I and the expectant mom who chooses us can't make it all worth the risk.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07554329549665664616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-12594842416505193322012-01-25T11:05:28.290-05:002012-01-25T11:05:28.290-05:00AMEN!! I love this! So true!AMEN!! I love this! So true!BumbersBumblingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15804403640550027122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-35518418393651387832012-01-11T16:58:13.524-05:002012-01-11T16:58:13.524-05:00Thank you for stopping to say 'Hi' Vanessa...Thank you for stopping to say 'Hi' Vanessa! HUGE congrats on your new role as Mommy... I can't wait to catch up a little on your journey!<br /><br />And you're right... It's SO worth it!<br /><br />LindsayAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15387592524234453591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-40468987585487262122012-01-10T23:22:28.621-05:002012-01-10T23:22:28.621-05:00I am a new follower and new adoptive mommy. Thank ...I am a new follower and new adoptive mommy. Thank you for sharing your story. We have had some challenges in our adoption but it has been worth all the hard work, tears and pure bliss. Its never easy but always worth it!Venessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997416878684218059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-72879919571886409182012-01-08T23:01:53.314-05:002012-01-08T23:01:53.314-05:00I love you Lindsay. So very true.
Becoming a p...I love you Lindsay. So very true. <br /><br />Becoming a parent through adoption is not the neat and tidy package that we wish it was. Adoption requires an extra dose of grace. FROM EVERYONE! <br /><br />Adoptive parents do adopt a family. Maybe they have lots of interaction with that (birth)family, maybe not. But you are all in this together. Good, bad and ugly.<br /><br />Adoptive parents are not perfect. Birth parents are not either. Just like parents who have children born to them are not perfect.<br /><br />My thoughts on adoption are the same as what I think should apply to every single relationship in life...<br /><br />Assume the best, not the worst.<br /><br />Extend more grace than is required.<br /><br />Forgive and repeat.<br /><br />Adoptive parents are not the enemy. Nor are birth parents. We are all just flawed people trying to muddle through this complex relationship.<br /><br />But how right you are. If we see adoption as acquiring more family (for both sides), then it only stands to reason that should equal more love, if everyone involved would just make the extra effort.LisaAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06436140358037471855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2987958311213810613.post-83801883359855356362012-01-08T16:12:22.860-05:002012-01-08T16:12:22.860-05:00Well written!!Well written!!ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08765439866561041678noreply@blogger.com