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BOARD: Topics of Interest for Adoptive Families » Adopting African American Children
TOPIC: God's Precious Gifts!
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| DAnne | Posted: Jun 25, 2007 11:35:31 AM My husband and I have been activated for about a month and a half. We are talking to a birthmom of a bi-racial baby. We are Christians and absolutely believe this baby was created for a purpose. We are excited about the idea, but are a little unsure. Any advice or encouragment? | ||
| jana romine | Posted: May 05, 2007 09:33:51 PM Hi my name is jana and My husband and I arewanting to adopt a child of color. I am black irish ,nativeamerican.My husband is white.He is a bit afraid to adopt a black child. I have no fear of this.When I was young we were treated different.Now things have changed. I think that if people still think that color makes a different than we should be the ones to change the world.I can not wait for our child to be in our arms. | ||
| Shannon | Posted: May 01, 2007 03:54:51 PM I adopted a AA boy 6 years ago. It has become our desire to adopt again and we are looking forward to an AA girl this time. My husband and I are Caucasian and have had many interesting experiences because of our life decisions! It makes me feel good that there are others like us out there! | ||
| April | Posted: Nov 08, 2006 11:12:31 AM Sara, that is so awesome! I am so happy for you and your family. God is good and what a wonderful opportunity/blessing that we have been given to show the world what true love is! I would love to see pictures of your little one and I would love to share some of mine. You can email me at Aprilislovinglife@comcast.net | ||
| Sara | Posted: Nov 04, 2006 05:20:28 PM I am in total agreement with you. We adopted last year, and our son is African American and we are both caucasian. We look at all people differently now, and feel so bonded with him. My biological children adore him and love him as their brother. God is so good!! | ||
| April | Posted: Nov 03, 2006 12:05:05 PM God has given us all the gift of being caring and loving and it's up to us to see that in ourselves. My husband and I are both Caucasian and we recently adopted the most beautiful, sweet, precious biracial child (African American/Dominican Republic. I know it may sound funny but sometimes I forget that I didn't actually give birth to him myself! :) He is my son.... He is so attached to me already at 5 months of age. He doesn't want to let mommy out of his sight! God created Adam and Eve and we all came from those two people so how can anyone say that a black child or a white child should be with people that look just like them. We are all one big family and we are here to take care of one another no matter if we look different or not. It is about the love of a child and a parent. If you looked into my child's eyes and how he looks at me his mommy, you would never know that I am not biologically his parent. I am his mommy because I love him and take care of him. I rock him to sleep every night and I am there when he wakes in the morning. I comfort him when he cries and I feed him when he is hungry. A parent is not defined on how much our children look like us, it is defined by being there from day one of their lives and everyday that they will need us for the rest of our lives. There is no love greater than that of a parent and a child. God loves us as his children and does not look down at us and say "Well, I don't like the way that child looks so I am not going to love him/her." He looks down and says "Those are my children and I love them all the same" so who are we to look at any child and not love them or want to be their parent because their skin may be a different shade than ours. God made man in his own "image" and when he says image I don't think he is talking about skin color. He sees us all the same and that is how we should see each other. If you adopt a child of a different race you will never look at them as being different from you. You will look at that baby as your baby that you love so much and would give the world for! I PROMISE YOU! I know :) | ||
