[happymomminy]

I am in an interracial marriage, and I live in a very diverse town. There is an AA man at my son's preschool with two caucasian daughters. There are a multitude of different ethnicities here. My husband and I make it a point to be active in the community, with the PTA, etc. The principal of the elementary school knows we are looking to adopt from foster care. Obviously, we are open to any race. We have four boys so would really love a girl.

My bigger concern is if we apply to adopt a Caucasian girl. When I inquire online, I only get taken seriously, it seems, if the child is AA or biracial. Could be coincidence, who knows? But, that's what I'm sticking to when look at photolistings for now... . I think the local agency would really place anyone with us. We are just waiting now.

My family is very supportive, and my husband's family runs the gammet from Caucasian to Hispanic to AA and all kinds of mixes. Like Mr. Cris, a wide range would fit in our family without drawing raised eyebrows here, though if we adopted a blonde/blue-eyed girl, I'm sure my husband would get harassed outside of our neighborhood. Heck we got dirty looks in Georgia just with our birth kids. ...

We are hoping for the best no matter who the beautiful child we wind up with turns out to be, but do have open eyes about what could lie ahead.