Some of you may be surprised to hear this, but we get quite a lot of anti-adoption ‘stuff’ thrown at us via this blog. Pretty regularly we get anonymous comments (funny how the horribly hurtful comments are always anonymous, huh?) from anti-adoption folks (before starting this blog, I didn’t even know there were such people– let alone so many of them out there). They say some nasty, nasty stuff. I refuse to even acknowledge it by repeating any of it here. I always just delete their comments before anyone ever sees them. But it is sad, really. Adoptive families — in all sorts of subtle and overt ways — get lots and lots of yucky stuff directed their way. And as with most things in life… we tend to hear a lot more negative than positive. Rarely do people take the time to send the nice messages (subtle and overt) — so much more often it is the mean junk that gets sent and received (subtly and overtly). National Adoption Month and National Adoption Day are meant to be times to celebrate adoption and all the good that adoption so often is (and can be). Adoption is something that Braydon and I feel really strongly about, obviously! If you are reading this, and you’ve been considering adoption, please do not hesitate to come to us and chat. We’re huge advocates but not ‘pushers.’ Leave a comment here with your email address and we’ll be happy to be in touch (if you’d like, just note “private” in the comment and we will not publish it on the blog). We celebrate and support adoption. If you’ve thought about adoption… think about acting on it.