Over the past 10 months I’ve felt stuck a lot. Stuck in my job, stuck in infertility, stuck in life-limbo. So it felt very appropriate that I would watch a movie titled “Stuck” on Saturday. It’s about the adoption system and how messed up it all is, and how millions of children are stuck. It made me so sad and slightly scared since we may need to adopt. The process of adoption makes you hop through so many hoops and successful adoption is never guaranteed. It’s heartbreaking. The idea of finding a child, falling in love with them, and calling them my own, only to have the adoption fall through terrifies me. But that won’t keep me from pursuing it if we can’t conceive naturally. In fact, I’m actually really comfortable with the idea of adoption. I know it’s an uncomfortable or unsettling idea for some, but I’m very comfortable and at peace with it. The only things that scare and worry me are the possibility of an adoption falling through and the cost of the adoption process. But if we do adopt, we’ll figure things out.
I highly recommend watching “Stuck,” if for no other reason than educating yourself about the millions of children waiting for homes and families.
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