The birth of a child is a miracle. Though science can explain it, but majority of us would agree that having a child is a blessing. After having personally experienced it, I do believe that it is the most amazing wonder of God.
I read in an article from BBC news health report, with the complexities of life in the 21st century 1 in 7 couples experience infertility and the infertility number is predicted to double in the next few decades.
Unfortunately there are so many charming couples who are unable to experience this incredible miracle of God. But a few of them are the most blessed ones, who against all odds take the courage to adopt a child , a child being born to someone else, being made from some unrelated genes , sometimes unfortunate or an unwanted child.
Presumably, adopting a child does not sound like an easy decision to make. I would assume decades ago it was much more difficult and uncommon. The fostered children did not have the same fortune.
But modern society has been broad minded. More importantly, today’s generation seems to be more open minded and tolerant to some of these social issues. I take pride in knowing at least a few couples who have adopted children for different reasons, be it against the unkindness of nature or be it social enterprise or something else.
The question still comes to my mind if the affection and care an adopted child gets be the same as what we give to a biological child. Will it make a difference if a child is your or adopted. Ideally the answer seems “yes” because otherwise why would most of us take pains to get into the birthing troubles and the lifelong effects it has at least on a woman’s form.
But in reality, if I look at some of the adoptive families I know and as per various discussions I had with different people who know such blessed families, I see no difference in care and love these parents give to their child to such an extent that at some point in life it will not matter at all if the child was biologically born to them to adoptively “born” to them.
Kudos from my side to anyone and everyone who out of whatever reasons take the extra spirited decision to shower their most precious love and life to their “adoptively-born” child.
On a concluding note, if at all it concerns the society that there are so many children around the world whose need of a loving family go un-addressed, I wish many of us including me could gather the courage, even if we have a biological child, to adopt at least one child to make this world a better place to live.
I know this post could be a very sensitive subject to many but I hope I do not hurt anyone. If any of my words hurt you in any way, I would like to apologise and ask for forgiveness as I have no intentions to cause any disgrace. Be it biological parents or adoptive parents, everyone deserves a praise for putting in all the efforts and love in raising a child.
