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Thank you
You both have helped me...
My husband and I don't feel the need to explain all the time but we have been asked... and have wanted to say something. On two occassions we gave explanations and got the third degree. Questions come up about children coming into our home that are not of the same race we are... and also the question about why would we want to adopt when we can do this ourselves bodily. We have several reasons but mostly we are in fact "called" to adopt.
I like the phrase "being called to do so" It gives all the meaning and I can end the discussion with friends and neighbors this way. I can end it there. Just move on...
I had just gotten into a "20 questions" sort of discussion with a friend at one point... those "why?" and "well what if?" sort of questions that came too easily for her where the answers were not coming very easily for me simply because more questions came from her that were unanswerable as we had not faced the problem yet. We are looking at different races and very possibly a special needs child ( just learned that this doesn't always mean the child is severly troubled... or handicapped... it can mean many different things)
Anyhow... I appreciate your words of wisdom.
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