Recently a friend of mine adopted a girl child. I was really proud and happy about it. Proud because she’s a single woman and still had the guts to adopt a child. Her parents too gained my respect for supporting her decision. She’s taken the right decision at the right time. She’s adopted a child when she is still able to enjoy one. That’s the important thing.
Then I got thinking about the woman who gave up her child for adoption. Look at the irony….. one lady shunned by society for giving birth to a child out of wed lock so to say and another lady, also single adopts the child. One lady is ashamed of her motherhood or totally hapless about it and gives up her child while the other exalts in it.
I just felt very sad for the lady who had to give up a child. For no fault of hers, just because her man was a coward, who couldn’t stand by her, she has to spend the rest of her life in disgrace (living away from her family in an ashram) and with an empty space in her heart for the child she gave up.
I have no doubts this child will really do well in life because my friend is an exceptional human being. She will bring her up well, and the child will never want for anything and will be able to spread her wings. I hope the birth mother would see her dreams fulfilled about the future of this child through my friend.
3 comments:
a wonderful event indeed. time to look at the brighter side and feel good that the child now has a home and the home for the person who has adopted is now complete.
unless one is aware of the reason the child was given for adoption, one should not pin the blame on the child's father. maybe he died in an accident and the mother had but no option but to give up the child in the hope of a better life for the child.
Ofcourse the child wl hv a good future. wrote about the man as the circumstances were known. wasn't generalising about men. there are ofcourse lots of reasons for a mother to give up her child for adoption. I have always believed that adopting a child is def wonderful. It's the best karma giving a child a future.
This is such a nice post! Kudos to your friend and her family for taking a stand and offering a good life to a child!
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