Day 54: Possibilities

It might seem like adoption is always on my mind, but it's not. I mean, when I decided to write every single day of our Adoption Year, and to focus it on the adoption experience, I knew my output would center on adoption--that was the point. But even though this family adventure is due to adoption, I think a lot of the things that happen and a lot of the things I write about are just normal family stuff. These same types of things can happen to a clan of biological children and their birth parents.

The fact that Rex got sprayed in the face by the Iron Chef, the fact that I got singled out by a herd of Mommies, the fact that Asia loves to dance in her Philippines shirt, the fact that Colette is stupendous at brushing teeth has nothing to do with adoption. It's just that adoption brought us all together for these kinds of moments. They're moments I wouldn't trade for anything. Not even another pregnancy.

This isn't to say that none of the experiences I write about are adoption-centric. Some of them are. We definitely go through stuff that is unique to adoption. But I don't want anyone to get the idea that the adoptive family life is so different from the biological family life. I mean, we birthed Asia and we're adopting Rex, so we've experienced both. There are some differences, but generally it's all family stuff. It's about loving the kids God gave you. So if you can do that with a biological child, you can do that with an adopted one. It's possible.