|
I understand the frustration. I work in a foster care/adoption related job and even within our small organization I have seen the difference between how births and adoptions are treated! A co-worker recently had a baby and we all collected money and gave her a nice card and fairly large monetary gift at one of our meetings. My husband and I recently completed the adoption of our foster child and a few co-workers sent congratulation emails but no card or fanfare at the next meeting. I was crushed. Our adoption journey with this child was long and stressful and I had shared our struggles with my co-workers along the way but nobody thought to buy a card for everyone to sign. This is within the adoption community so what more can we expect from those who do not understand adoption?!
__________________
We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher
|