LaShaundra Seale's blog

a blog by lashaundra

Don't you just hate it when people ask you, "Why don't you just adopt?"

I hate it and I’m an adoptive parent!

People who think adoption is the natural choice for women who struggle to conceive act as if it's as simple as going to pick up a loaf of bread from the market. They nonchalantly make this suggestion as if adoption has never entered into a couple’s mind, as if enlightening them on a new found path. What they fail to realize is, that for most couples, adoption is a conscious, well-thought-out plan. It’s a plan that usually comes after years of heart-wrenching failed attempts at trying to conceive a baby naturally or with the help of ART.