adoption

i have always wanted to adopt.  my interest in adoption is what led me to law school.  when i was in vienna on a study abroad, we had a family come in and tell us about their adoption process for one of our religion classes.  it was a sad, sad story full of unjust laws that worked against those children who would have benefitted so greatly from being adopted.  and so i thought to myself, "self, that is what we should do.  we should fix adoption laws."  that is what got me trotting down the long and winding path to the s.j. quinney school of law.

little did i know then that changing adoption laws would be out of the question, but that is neither here nor there.  the point is that i always have and always will think that adoption is wonderful and the life for me.  i can't think of anything better than opening my home to a child(ren) who have none.

if i could, i would adopt these little ones right now:

not that i know that they need to be adopted, but i would adopt them nonetheless.

i grew up being friends with kids from a family of thirteen, seven of which had been adopted.  one of them was adopted from the united states.  the other six have come from various places dotting china.  the adoptions didn't only make the lives of the adopted children, but of everyone in the family.  it brought another culture, language, and awareness to everyone.  it broadened the idea of family and love and relation beyond blood for so many, including myself.

i will do everything in my power to have that influence in my life.