Expecting

Expecting children through adoption is much the same as expecting them through pregnancy. You have dreams, hopes, and fears. At times you feel an urgency to get them home with you, and at others you enjoy the process so you can prepare yourself. Although there is no true preparing yourself in either case....
You run around trying to get the house ready, thinking about what they'll need. Wondering what they are like, what their personalities are.

The main difference is announcing it. It seems that in this country adopting older children is frowned upon. If you are pregnant, it's considered a blessing. But if you are rescuing children from being moved around, from uncertainty, and bringing them into a home with a permanent Mom and Dad, people almost try to talk you out of it. How sad. What if those same people had experienced what these children have been through? What if they had to spend years in foster care, not having the best past, and not getting to take much of it with them. These kids feel like they don't have a place, and are unwanted. So how awesome is that to give these children a chance? To have someone tell them that they will be adopted. They have waited for this, and are probably losing hope. How on earth could giving them a secure future be a bad thing? People loved the movie The Blind Side. Yet, how many hearts did it truly change? Is adoption only okay at a distance, where it's not too real, but instead shown in the most positive Hollywood light, so that the most tickets will be sold? Why am I made to defend why we are adopting? I didn't have to defend my unborn children when I was pregnant with them. I am just tired of feeling like we are making a wrong or thoughtless decision, because we are not. This is not a selfish choice on our part, it is the most selfless thing we can do. And Christian people most of all should be supportive of each other and show the same love to the parents and children that Christ showed for us, because after all, we are ALL adopted children of God, aren't we??