Adoptive Parents Checklist

Ok, this is stolen from another blog, who stole it from another blog, so it must be true, right?

You know you are an adoptive mother (or you should be!) if:
1. The fact that there are 143 million children without a parent to kiss them goodnight has ever made you lose sleep.
2. You realize DNA has nothing to do with love and family.
3. You can't watch Adoption Stories on TLC without sobbing.
4. You spend free time surfing blogs about families who have experienced the blessing of adoption.
5. It drives you crazy when people ask you about your adopted child's "real" parents.
6. You have ever been "pregnant" with your adoptive child longer than it takes an elephant to give birth (2 years!)
7. You had no idea how you would afford to adopt but stepped out in faith anyway knowing it would all work out somehow.
8. You have ever taken a airplane ride half way around the world with a child you just met.
9. You believe God's heart is for adoption.
10. You realize that welcoming a child into your heart and family is one of the most important legacy's you could ever leave on this earth.
11. You shudder when people say your child is so lucky that you adopted them, knowing full well you are the blessed one to have them in your life.
12. You know what the word Dossier means and you can actually pronounce it!
13. You have welcomed a social worker into the most private parts of your life. Willingly.

That's our life in a nutshell....it's been a long, long, uphill-both-ways-in-the-snow kind of journey. But I really feel like we're almost there!