adoption thoughts
For some reason while I was sitting on the bus I was thinking about adopting children when I'm older, and I thought... I'd feel really uncomfortable "picking out" a child. I mean, a part of me would feel like I should adopt a child that others would be less likely to adopt, like a child who was older or who had some sort of disability. Then I realized that to some degree it's silly to adopt a child specifically because they have a disability, both because it's specifically choosing to add significant financial strain to your life, and it's a dangerous thing to "pick out" a child out of some sense of obligation. This person is going to become your child, not just your extra-curricular activity.
Then I thought that maybe the best approach would be to have whatever organization you're working with pick out a child for you, so it would have the element of randomness that you'd get having your own child. Of course, there are a lot more "unwanted" children than "wanted" children in the system since the "wanted" children are more quickly adopted, so that's still kind of choosing the burden.
And then I realized... I really want to have a child with a cleft. Probably just one, but that's something that others would be less likely to adopt that I want in my life. I want to comfort my child with actual experience. And God knows I love the smile of people with clefts. There's just something about the way it quirks to the side...
And that is what i thought about this morning. ^_^;
P.S. w007! It's the first day of physics!! :)
P.P.S. The intarnets in my room should be returning sometime today. Double w007!
Then I thought that maybe the best approach would be to have whatever organization you're working with pick out a child for you, so it would have the element of randomness that you'd get having your own child. Of course, there are a lot more "unwanted" children than "wanted" children in the system since the "wanted" children are more quickly adopted, so that's still kind of choosing the burden.
And then I realized... I really want to have a child with a cleft. Probably just one, but that's something that others would be less likely to adopt that I want in my life. I want to comfort my child with actual experience. And God knows I love the smile of people with clefts. There's just something about the way it quirks to the side...
And that is what i thought about this morning. ^_^;
P.S. w007! It's the first day of physics!! :)
P.P.S. The intarnets in my room should be returning sometime today. Double w007!
