Dream of Adoption

          As a little girl came back into my arm along with still have a newborn at work, the dream of adoption is getting bigger in my mind every day. As friends around me adopt their first little child, I think how neat would it be to adopt one of my children that I am with everyday now. Adoption will always be a dream in the back of my head, married or not, I will adopt one some day. I have a friend that is adopting a newborn baby girl here in the states from the states. I also have another person I know adopting a toddler from India.
          I know that the friend that is adopting from the states, that has been her dream ever since I've known her in college. I have followed her story from the start if not from the very start close to it. It is amazing to see an answer to prayer come true. It was in God's timing too. It was so close to times up for them or at least for when the state said they could find one for them but God got there just in time. It is sad to know that it is another new born girl in the states that can't be with her real mom especially when I have one at work that is just so cute and knowing some of her story.  I look at the newborn at work and think hopefully there is someone out there that will really want you before you get too old like my friend did.
             Then I have barely kept up with another girl from college that is adopting from India. I'm mainly keeping up with her fundraising and the store that she is making because of it. It is a jewelry store with mainly verses on brass chains and they look old but in style. They are very cute but a lot of money for me right now. They also sell fast so I can never get on in time to order one. It is like one of a kind now and later it is gone.
            It is strange because every women I know how keep in touch with just a little bit loves to go on overseas missions and/or wants to adopt one day. Whether in states or international, it just gives me hope working at where I do for now that there are people out there, very few, but they are people out there that want to make the child their own. It just takes longer then 45 days to find that one person or couple. It gives me much hope though for the children I have let out into the world. It is also giving me more and more encouragement to do it myself after seeing all these women do it. It is possible and there is hope for both parties.
           It also lets me see the things I might have to go through if I ever can adopt a child. I know people to talk to and it will be a lot of work but worth it. I think I would foster to adopt but not quite sure yet and won't be until I get to that part of my life where I am able to do it. I don't want to give them up because I can't handle them either because that is just plain sad too. I want them to go to another foster home not a shelter if something needs to be done. It is also strange too because I like randomly making things and I'm aw crafty person if I set my mind to it so I could do some fundraising too if need be. I honestly think that would be fun.
            I think that being able to adopt is going to be one of my biggest, main prayers for life off and on while praying for the children around me because it is really getting bad for the children and it is sad. Children are the closest people to God's heart and if we can't take care of them then you know something is wrong with our world. When people don't care about children, there is something wrong with our world and we are far from God as a world. Now I will get off my soapbox for now.