Adoption - another way to love

There is a kind of family love that is not related by blood, but it is not less real.

There is a kind of parenting that is not obligatory but comes completely from the heart.

That's Adoption.

Over the years, countless adoptions have taught us that blood is by no means the only bond that creates family ties, and family ties can always transcend blood. 

We also see from children that have been adopted that the most beautiful thing in this world is to learn to love and be loved.

Below is a mother’s experience and inner thinking about adopting a child, let’s take a look.

In 2020, we decided to adopt a hearing-impaired child. By chance, we dialed NDFH’s number and thus we got to know Logan. It was during the time when the COVID epidemic was at its worst, and everything was closed, but with the help of the staff at NDFH and the orphanage, we successfully obtained the certificates to adopt Logan and became a family. 

Love makes me believe and allows me to be his strong support.

Logan is a smart, lively, and sensitive child. To put it another way, he learns quickly, sometimes being naughty, and needing a sense of security. Because of his intelligence, Logan has successfully completed language rehabilitation and has started kindergarten. Our daily life is full of the sweetness and trials of raising a naughty and mischievous little boy. His sensitivity is not that obvious at his age, and he is also very naughty at home and in front of familiar teachers and classmates. But I can feel that he is shy and afraid in unfamiliar environments; he observes others carefully and cares about the feedback others give him. This requires us to pay special attention to the psychological impact of hearing impairment and adoption on him.

At present, Logan knows a little about these two things, but it does not bother him much. As he grows older, he may encounter growing pains of one kind or another, but I believe that if we can make the necessary mental preparations and provide knowledge and give him appropriate guidance and help, we can become his strong support. With the support, he will definitely gain enough security and view his differences positively and optimistically.

Give with all your heart, surrender with all your heart.

Here I would also like to encourage friends who are considering adoption: How many times can a person give his or her love wholeheartedly in their life? How many times can someone entrust his or her present and future to you wholeheartedly? Whenever I think about this, I feel that the difficulties and twists and turns encountered in this process just mean more patience and more effort. I believe this is the sincerest voice of many families who have experienced adoption.

Whether a child comes to a family through adoption or birth, it is an equally precious blessing. A beautiful parent-child relationship, whether biological or adopted, originates from love, and is achieved through love. French writer Romain Rolland said, "Love is the flame of life. Without it, everything will become night."

Adoption is a gift. I would encourage you to consider adopting.