Posterous theme by Cory Watilo

The Cost of Adoption

I am finding that adoption has cost me a bit of pride.  The kindness of the people in my life is enormous.  I have asked friends and colleagues for letters of recommendation.  People actually wrote them!  And they are beautiful.  I needed a letter (with two notarized copies) attesting to my mental health, a kind soul did this for no fee.  My doctor worked extra hard getting me x-rays and, again, multiple notarized copies of health reports.  Everyone has been gracious.  And more.  Bank of America staff notarizing the zillionth document conveyed joy over my news, not resentment for being taken from some other business.  It's quite remarkable how much people have to give.

So many people are part of this adoption.  There is no way I would have gotten this far without them.  They have given us their time and their love.  Like I said before, I am humbled.

As for the financial cost, that's another, much less inspiring, post.