I wish each of these woman could see what I saw one time: I housed a woman who was giving her baby up for adoption. I was at that birth to support her and saw the new adoptive mother collapse to the floor in sheer joy at seeing her new child for the first time. I was told that was what my mother did when I was born. (She was also there to witness my birth.)

As for what you will face regarding the role of an adoptive mother vs. a natural mother. You got everything it takes.

Your challenge will be to make a dark skinned child feel comfortable in the midst of your beautiful “golden” family. There are several families in our church that have adopted outside their race and the families seem to be doing just fine. Some of these children are from countries like Haiti and some came from the LA foster care system. If anyone can do it you can.

My mom and dad used to tell me, “Of all the babies in the nursery we could have had we picked you!” It was a wonderful statement.