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Every mom has had those will-testing days when she's wished she could give her child away to some friendly stranger, a woman who would prove more patient and more understanding than that mom is feeling in the moment (maybe even Angelina Jolie could help out, she who travels around the world with her brood and somehow stays perfectly groomed). But how much more confusing it must be to feel that way about a child when you actually chose to bring him into your life, through adoption. To think the dark thoughts, Can I give him back? Would I? Here, Lani Wendt Young tells the story of facing down those questions in her own family.
She writes:
Does this make me a bad person? A bad mother? I dont know. Are there other parents out there - adoptive or otherwise - who ask themselves, 'Am I the right father/mother for this child? Am I doing this right?' Parents who wish they had an escape hatch? Or who DO have one and are resisting the urge to use it?
Read the rest of the post at Sleepless in Samoa!
