[*marcy*]

My heart has led me to begin the process to adopt internationally, particularly Guatemala. While my husband (thankfully) is fine with adopting internationally, his first question when I brought it up was "why not adopt here"? My own reasons were that I didn't want to wait years to adopt an infant, I didn't want to have to worry about the birthmother coming back to take the baby, and most of all, I don't feel like my baby has to look like me to be "my baby".

Inevitably, when we bring this up to family members, I just have a feeling the conversation will go in that direction. I'd just like to have an idea of what others say when they ask you why you didn't just "adopt a white baby here".

Thanks for your input!

Marcy & Neal

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