Showing posts with label Adoption. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Adoption. Show all posts

Thursday, January 25, 2007

Adoption

I'm watching the Oprah show airing today, January 25, 2007. A segment with a woman named Jenna is on my TV upset because she cannot bear children. I hear this story very often, and am sympathetic, yet have one burning question, What about adoption? Jenna briefly mentioned it was an option in the future, but what about now? I was adopted at birth and could not have had a better life or more loving parents. It pains me that there are 1000's of kids out there without homes or parents and the topic of adoption is rarely talked about. I think adoption needs to be brought out to the front of society. I wonder why Oprah did not delve deeper into adoption other than it wasn't the main show topic. Maybe there needs to be a show about adoption choices with interviews of parents and children of adopted families? The horror stories are out there, however, the empowering and uplifting stories outweigh them and, I feel, it's time to share.