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In reply to the discussion: I'm a GRANDMA!! My son and his husband have adopted a beautiful baby boy! [View all]radical noodle
(8,000 posts)176. Her opinion matters a lot
because she's ended up caring for four kids she didn't plan to raise and doesn't want to add yet another one.
Yeah, foster care is so wonderful for kids, right? My parents took in foster kids when I was little. I still saw how unsettled their lives were, even in a good home. They stayed a few months and then off they went to another place. The last was a little boy that no one wanted until someone (us) wanted to adopt him and give him a forever home. Suddenly his family wanted him back because it would be a "stain" on their family to have a child adopted out. He had a life moving back and forth from mother to grandparents, knowing no one really wanted him.
You're putting mothers first, most people put the kids' best interests first.
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I'm a GRANDMA!! My son and his husband have adopted a beautiful baby boy! [View all]
NurseJackie
Feb 2020
OP
That little boy is fortunate to have you as a grandma, and your son and son in law
Amaryllis
Feb 2020
#47
There's no greater joy than being a grandparent!!!! Congratulations, and spoil him rotten!
secondwind
Feb 2020
#65
Let's not forget about the pain that the mother is no doubt in after having her parental rights
StevieM
Feb 2020
#74
It's unclear what prompted this... but this ENTIRE post is rude and inappropriate.
NurseJackie
Feb 2020
#131
I reject the claim that adoption provides a better life. Adoption provides a different life.
StevieM
Feb 2020
#171
Congratulations to you, NurseJackie, being grandma is fun, they grow and learn so fast.
wendyb-NC
Feb 2020
#79
You are going to enjoy this so much! Being a grandparent is the best. Congrats!
Cousin Dupree
Feb 2020
#86
It makes me happy to hear that good people have been doing what good people do!❤
Karadeniz
Feb 2020
#97
Thank you for the kind words and encouragement. We're hopeful. So far, so good!
NurseJackie
Feb 2020
#132
WOW, that's wonderful, Congratulation. I know that will be one spoiled grandchild.
Fla Dem
Feb 2020
#152
A very late, but hearty congratulations to all who get to share in this happiness!
marble falls
Feb 2020
#160
Thank you! EVERYONE* here has been so kind and enthusiastic! That means so much to me.
NurseJackie
Feb 2020
#181