When Mercedes first came into our lives we were frightened by the prospect of an open adoption. We couldn't imagine a scenario where an open adoption would really work and be healthy. Because of the circumstances Mercedes adoption was pretty closed, although in the last year it has opened a little and we have been able to have minimal contact with her birthparents.
Adria on the other hand was completely the opposite. We became very close with her birthfamily before she was born and remain close to this day. Someone the other day found out how close we were (the girls call them Aunt and Uncle and enjoy outings with them) and said he just wasn't sure how he felt about that. Well, to be quite honest, not many people are sure how they feel about it, 4 years ago I'm not sure how I would have felt about it, but only by the Grace of God we have developed a beautiful relationship that is not threatening or scary but loving and joyful.
A close friend of mine recently wrote a blog about her daughter meeting her birthfamily. I am posting a link below, PLEASE READ IT! I think it is an awesome picture of an awesome relationship. I can't say enough about this family and their commitment to adoption and orphans, and their love for their children is so obvious in this post! A beautiful picture of adoption.
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Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, AND to keep himself unspotted from the world.
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MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
The results of our poll showed overwhelmingly that finances were the #1 reason people didn't adopt. For information about resources available Click here!
Statistics
- There are more than 143 million orphans worldwide
- There are more than 800,000 children in America’s foster care system each year.
- More than 33% of Americans have seriously considered adopting, but no more than 2% have actually adopted.
- The Holocaust murdered about 11 million people, 6 million of them Jews, From 1973-2002 MORE THAN 42 MILLION abortions occurred in AMERICA alone.
- In 2001, 159 million people in America identified themselves as Christians, many who consider themselves pro-life, yet 1.5 million babies never saw life, and millions remained orphans worldwide-127,000 adoptions took place, the most common of these 127,000 was step parent adoptions, leaving approximately 142,873,000 kids still needing families.
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