On our Facebook page we asked readers: After you decided to adopt, who was the first person you told? What did he or she say? Here are some of your responses:
- “My mom, and she said, ‘You’ll be a wonderful mother.'”
- “My sister, and she started crying for joy. We both suffered from infertility. She had three miracles, but my husband and I had nothing after trying for 12 years.”
- “My parents, and they said, ‘Yes, yes, yes!'”
- “Our parents. We had good and bad reactions, but all is great now.”
- “We told my sister. She said, ‘God has a plan for you.’ My family has been so supportive!”
- “My sons, and they said, ‘Can we name her?'”
- “My grandmother. She said, ‘Ooh, you’re not going to get one of those black babies, are you?’ We don’t talk to her these days.”
- “When I decided to adopt, the first person I told was my 10-year-old son. He said, ‘Now I won’t be alone anymore.'”
- “My parents, and they said, ‘At last!'”
