Marista,
I'm in a very similar situation as you. I'm 26 (27 in a month) and single. I would love to be a mother, but there are two problems...I don't have any husband or even boyfriend prospects in sight and I honestly have no desire to go through child birth.
I do not teach, as several others have posted on here, but I do coach youth soccer (6 and 7 year olds) and I have a neice, nephews, and cousins who I've been around almost constantly for 14 years.
I bought a home of my own a year and a half ago and I'm a responsible and mature person. I have a stable job that pays well (I'm currently not putting much into savings, but that's because I'm paying $200 a month extra on my car and house payments trying to reduce the lengths of the loans.
I am looking to adopt a child age 2-7. I prefer a girl, but I'm open to a boy. I have experience with children with ADD/ADHD (mild-nephew #3, moderate- cousin #2, and severe- nephew #1), so that would not be a deterrant. Also, in highschool I babysat a little girl who was deaf and in college, I took sign language classes, so I would be open to a deaf child as well.
I have no dout that most of my family would be extremely supportive of my decision to adopt. The only two people that I think would say anything would be my dad (can be old-fashioned) and my grandmother (can be VERY judgmental). I have a close-knit family who all live nearby. Also, my sister-in-law and brother live in the same school district as I do and she (SIL) is willing to baby sit for me either all day if my child is not school aged or morning/afternoon if my child is of school age. My child would be able to ride the bus to and from school to his/her aunt's house with cousins.
WOW! that got long...sorry!
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