To Elaborate on the Previous Post

I truly believe that I am a mom. Just a mom. I am a mom because I gave birth. I am a mom because I adopted a baby. I am proud to say I am an adoptive mom. Because it means I am a mom. I wanted to be a mom more than anything and for quite a while I was sure I was never going to be a mom. I don't care if you say I'm an adoptive mom, or a fat mom, or a bad mom, or a fun mom, or a crazy mom. I AM A MOM. I prayed month after month after month to be a mom. I cried month after month after month when I wasn't going to be a mom. I rejoice daily in how I arrived at being a mom. I stress to both kids how I fell in love with them the minute I laid eyes on them. So, to elaborate on my last post, there are some people who find that being labelled an "adoptive parent" or that their children are "adopted" is offensive (it comes across that way to me anyway) I am not one of those people. I think it's wonderful that my daughter was adopted. I would never tell her that I "forget" that she was the adopted one because I LOVE her story. I don't want her to be ashamed that she was adopted I want her to be thrilled that she was adopted. I have no problem with being labelled an Adoptive Mom. I am a mom. And that is all I wanted to be......So go ahead and call me an adoptive mom and I will remember that wonderful day that I became a mom again and I will be thankful that adoption exists and is going strong and making families out of just people...people needing children and children needing families.