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Today is the Big Adoption Day.
I struggle to write about the reasons we chose to adopt. It’s either too long or I get too emotional. I decided to rewrite the lyrics from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air to explain why.
Adoption has been a success for us. I’m quickly realising that we face the same highs and lows as other families and that however we came to be, the bonds and love that exist are just as strong.
Infertility is a bitch, there’s no two ways about it. It controlled me for a long time. I know so many women who have fertility problems
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and families that have struggled to conceive and where IVF and other methods have been both successful and unsuccessful.
There are always options and I know finding out you won’t be able to have a baby naturally is horrendous. But it’s not the end, I’d lie if I said it was easy. It’s not. But for us adoption has worked. Despite my tongue and cheek documentation on our family adventures we are very much in love and the children are an inspiration to me everyday.
Here’s the poem
Adoption as an option?
Not for me they say
But what if it was
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your only option
Would you still walk away?
For me it was crystal clear, or how I know that rivers lead to the sea
It wasn’t a revelation, the idea was already a part of me
The process and searching seemed to take so long
Like a sad song that goes on and on
But all along our focus was clear
That the time for us to be parents would be coming near
Then there you were smiling right through the screen
We knew you were the ones for us, you were the most beautiful things we’d ever seen
And as we jumped over the hurdles, I think everybody knew
That
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our hearts were already connected, to the both of you
Now 9 months since the day you moved in, your our chaos and our calm
You can wind us up in a second you can melt us with your charms
But everyday we’re amazed by you both and how we’ve grown together
And we know that we will love you and fight for you forever.
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Instantmumoftwo - 29 Mar 17
Today is the Big Adoption Day.
I struggle to write about the reasons we chose to adopt. It’s either too long or I get too emotional. I decided to rewrite the lyrics from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air to explain why.
Adoption has been a success for us. I’m quickly realising that we face the same highs and lows as other families and that however we came to be, the bonds and love that exist are just as strong.
Infertility is a bitch, there’s no two ways about it. It controlled me for a long time. I know so many women who have fertility problems and families that have struggled to conceive and where IVF and other methods have been both successful and unsuccessful.
There are always options and I know finding out you won’t be able to have a baby naturally is horrendous. But it’s not the end, I’d lie if I said it was easy. It’s not. But for us adoption has worked. Despite my tongue and cheek documentation on our family adventures we are very much in love and the children are an inspiration to me everyday.
Here’s the poem
Adoption as an option?
Not for me they say
But what if it was your only option
Would you still walk away?
For me it was crystal clear, or how I know that rivers lead to the sea
It wasn’t a revelation, the idea was already a part of me
The process and searching seemed to take so long
Like a sad song that goes on and on
But all along our focus was clear
That the time for us to be parents would be coming near
Then there you were smiling right through the screen
We knew you were the ones for us, you were the most beautiful things we’d ever seen
And as we jumped over the hurdles, I think everybody knew
That our hearts were already connected, to the both of you
Now 9 months since the day you moved in, your our chaos and our calm
You can wind us up in a second you can melt us with your charms
But everyday we’re amazed by you both and how we’ve grown together
And we know that we will love you and fight for you forever.
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