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I happen to know two, no, three families.
They adopt special need kids. Knowingly. One woman has adopted six. You have to look at these kids once to understand what a difficult job it is going to be. She had to learn sign language to talk to one of these kids. It is a cross to bear, because some of them will never be meaningfully employed. And she is always cheerful, always calm, I enjoy seeing her interacting with the kids. Perfect. I never asked her about her beliefs, or what made her come to these decisions (I meet her in church).
The other family is religious. But they never proselyte. They merely went out of the country and adopted a kid, then another one. Again, kids with known history. Some of them look fine. You just have to look at others to understand what this family faces. Again, it is not like a closed adoption when you later find out that something is not OK. This is obvious. So far they have four and are planning to take in more.
Neither of these families live in opulence, although they are not poor. Just average middle-class.
Another person that I know adopted at times when international adoptions were a rarity. End of 50-es... you may guess where from. Again, one of two children is deeply disturbed; she is 40 and lives with her parents (with her son).
I am not a person of strong opinions or convictions. And I usually do not like people who always talk about their beliefs. But I would listen to these women. Only they never talk or make statements - they just do.
I always wanted to give them something on Mother's Day, just some tokens of appreciation. I do not know how they'd feel about it - I am not too close to them. I guess I shall try cakes for kids and something for them this year.
Just wanted to know - does any of you know such families? I'd like to hear such stories.
They adopt special need kids. Knowingly. One woman has adopted six. You have to look at these kids once to understand what a difficult job it is going to be. She had to learn sign language to talk to one of these kids. It is a cross to bear, because some of them will never be meaningfully employed. And she is always cheerful, always calm, I enjoy seeing her interacting with the kids. Perfect. I never asked her about her beliefs, or what made her come to these decisions (I meet her in church).
The other family is religious. But they never proselyte. They merely went out of the country and adopted a kid, then another one. Again, kids with known history. Some of them look fine. You just have to look at others to understand what this family faces. Again, it is not like a closed adoption when you later find out that something is not OK. This is obvious. So far they have four and are planning to take in more.
Neither of these families live in opulence, although they are not poor. Just average middle-class.
Another person that I know adopted at times when international adoptions were a rarity. End of 50-es... you may guess where from. Again, one of two children is deeply disturbed; she is 40 and lives with her parents (with her son).
I am not a person of strong opinions or convictions. And I usually do not like people who always talk about their beliefs. But I would listen to these women. Only they never talk or make statements - they just do.
I always wanted to give them something on Mother's Day, just some tokens of appreciation. I do not know how they'd feel about it - I am not too close to them. I guess I shall try cakes for kids and something for them this year.
Just wanted to know - does any of you know such families? I'd like to hear such stories.
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