Top 8 Reasons to Adopt a Child

This one hits the home of my heart; it is personal to me, as I have wanted to adopt for several years now. I've researched the process, the requirements and often go to adoption.com to look at pictures of children of all ages and backgrounds. I figure, I'll probably never be able to adopt one of them (because of my lack of income) but that the least I could do is care and prayer for whatever they are facing in their individual young lives. It is because of my caring that I am sharing this list:

• A child born of the heart, not of the flesh - Nobody can deny that real love exists whether or not you are genetically and biologically related to a person so why should it be any different with adoption?? Children want to be loved. Some people avoid adoption because of the genetic issue but, to have a child that is yours all because of your love for them is just as significant as one who you brought into the world.
  
  
• You can provide the opportunity for that experience of love by choosing to open your home and family to an orphan or foster child. You'd be able to provide for someone's needs. It'd be as much of an adventure and learning experience for every involved party but this is rewarding.
  
  
• You can be a parent and friend to someone who doesn't have that as of yet and thus, you will be depositing seeds into someone's life that will help them grow up and will help build a relationship that will forever be blessed.
  
  
• A lot of people want to abort their children but when there are openly willing adoptive parents, abortion happens less often. Someone thought enough of the child to have them so why wouldn't you care enough to take them in and raise them??
  
  
• It's for life but it's not as hard as it seems. You don't necessarily need to be married or have your own house or live in the richest part of a nation in order to adopt a child. Look at the fictional characters Ray Campbell and Lisa Landry, who adopted Tia Landry and Tamera Campbell, respectively. Lisa lived in a not-so-great part of Detroit when she became Tia's mother but pulled it off great!! When they discovered the girls were twins, separated at birth, Tia and Tamera asked their parents if they could live together and Lisa and Tia moved in with Ray and Tamera. Okay, a little crazy but the point is that things work out in the long term and if you have something to offer to a child waiting to be adopted, don't worry about what you have yet to accomplish. They want you.
  
  
• To whom much is given, much is expected. If you have more, give more. There are people who are able to have a lot of children and people who cannot give birth to or adopt even one. If you can, why shouldn't and why wouldn't you do so??
  
  
• Unlike with natural childbirth, post-adoption, you will always have a team that is there for you whenever you have questions and need support or advice. Part of the adoption process is the legal part and when they are legally your child(ren), you will always have contacts to support groups and counselors in your area that are specific to adoptive families. Whether you are wondering how to deal with a tough question that your child asked you or how to help them blend in with children you've already had, they are there for you! You're not alone and you will show your adoptive children that they are not alone, either!
  
  
• Look at these faces!! They all need us all!!