I've been wanting kids for 10 years. I'd love to adopt, have them naturally - all of it. I want, like, 15.
I even thought of adopting a child as a single mother.
I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years.
Technology has to be invented or adopted.
Cindy and I are adoptive parents. We know what a treasure and joy it is to have an adopted child in our lives.
Adoption may take place whence one will; and the declaration shall be made in the market-place when the citizens are gathered. If there be no legitimate children, the adopted shall received all the property as for legitimates. If there be legitimate children, the adopted son shall receive with the males the adopted son shall have an equal share
There are many who wish for such a simple adoption procedure today.
Adoption is the highest privilege the gospel offers.
I say to everybody, 'Adoption is not for the faint of heart.'
No, I'm not adopting any children.
You may not know it, but I was adopted as a baby by my wonderful parents, Allan and Margaret Atkins of Cumberland Gap, Tenn.
We've heard some theories, but there is a lot of mystery surrounding my adoption.
I'd like another child, and maybe if it doesn't work out, I'll adopt.
I do want to have a family at some point. I also want to adopt. I don't feel pressure to have kids because I know that there are so many out there.
Despite the reams of paperwork, obstacles worthy of a horse show, and a wait that can rival an elephant's gestation, adoption feels no different on the inside.
I want kids: two adopted and three of my own.
Adoption is the visible Gospel.
Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.
Becoming a mother is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I am happy to once again be a part of National Adoption Day. We were matched with our daughter through the U.S. foster care system, and my goal is to share information about the more than 120,000 foster care children in this country who are waiting for a family.
We have looked into the general problems with adoption in the United States, and we discovered - on the basis of the reports written by American NGOs - we discovered that not only Russians but kids from other countries and the American-born kids have been subject to very unfortunate behavior on the part of their adopted parents.
I think adoption becomes complicated whenever the biological parents are alive.
The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.
I most definitely want kids, but I'll probably adopt kids.
I was adopted. I was born in Edinburgh, and adopted when I was about two weeks old. And it's a good thing, I think, really, that back then, in '75 when I was born, you were really given a lot more information than you're given now when you're adopted. And you know, you can access that information when you're older.
My mother remarried when I was young, and my stepfather adopted me.
Give a pup a home and a little love and he will give you his heart forever.