Adoption Defined

adopt

[uh-dopt]

a·dopt

verb (used with object)

1. to choose or take as one's own; make one's own by selection or assent: to adopt a nickname.

2. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act.

3. to take or receive into any kind of new relationship: to adopt a person as a protégé.

4.to select as a basic or required textbook or series of textbooks in a course.

5.to vote to accept: The House adopted the report.

As I was looking through some blogs today which I have been doing a lot during National adoption Month I came along this post and loved it. It was very interesting to me to see the dictionary definition of adoption. To me adoption cannot really be defined. It means so many different things to so many different people.

As I think about adoption I always get such a great feeling. I know that it may be the only way that I can be a mother on this earth. It means bringing a child to a loving home who has been praying for and thinking about them for almost 6 long years. It means going to Black Friday excited to pick out toys and presents to put under our tree for "our child", it is an answer to my prayers.

I will never forget the day I knew that our family would grow through the miracle of adoption. I love it and am excited to get moving in the process.

How would you define it?