Some people just don't think, or they do and forget to engage their thoughts before they open their mouth. I have been asked so many times when we are going to have 'our own' child. I know adoption is a mystery to a lot of people but lets clear one thing up... we have OUR OWN child! She is a 4 1/2 year old, overly energetic, stubborn, pain in the bottom. I love Krystina more than anything and she couldn't be more my own. Last night I heard an interesting thing on TV, it was from an adopted son to his adopted father about the fathers birth son (confusing I know)... he said 'without genes, that guy is a stranger'. HELLO so true... what makes us parents is not genetics, it's how we nurture, how we love, how we bond with our children. Being a parent is about how we cuddle, how we listen and how we are there for our children no matter what. True Krystina will never have my eyes or her daddy's nose BUT she does have my tendency to model and pose and Grant's stubbornness.. ha ha. She is our daughter.. now will we have ANOTHER child, only God knows that right now. I would love to expand our 3 to 4, have another little girl or a little boy. I would love to feel a baby move in my tummy, go to dr. appts to see heartbeats. However, if God blesses us with another opportunity to adopt I will love that child just as much. Nothing about genetics makes you a mommy or a daddy, it makes you a mother or a father. It takes love and time to be given the title of mommy or daddy.
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