Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
Charity begins at home.
Please remember that adoption is a deeply personal process for families, and that decisions to adopt internationally are not made lightly. This may sound strange coming from me, considering that we have one biological child and another on the way, but for years before adopting, my husband and I dealt with unexplained infertility. Our decision to adopt internationally was made, in part, because we could not bear the thought of starting the adoption process and facing a failed domestic adoption. This happens frequently. We personally know people who have faced this. Also, at least in the US, adopting from foster care is not always as easy as people think, as the system's goal is to reunite children with their birth families as often as they can. Adoption, for most adoptive families, is not about charity or rescuing a child--it is about building a family.