Jane asked Anthony, the 10-year-old boy whom she had visited several times over the past few months at the local group home, “Would you like me to adopt you?” No one wanted kids his age, so the directors and staff had encouraged this bond.
Fortunately, Anthony seemed to like her over any other adult. He laughed at the silly jokes she tried to make when she came over. They played hide and seek in the backyard, and the kid confessed to some other workers that it was nice to have so much attention.
Jane decided to start the process of adoption, which was a bit more complicated than expected and involved a visit to her house from a social worker and responding to personal questions. Since she wasn’t married, that was hard to answer.
The truth is that she wanted a traditional family and would have been happy as a stay-at-home mom. But Jane had terrible luck with men. None of the ones she dated wanted anything serious, and eventually, they left her. Finally, she decided to take her future into her own hands, and in the 21st century, women didn’t need men to become mothers.
At first, Jane considered using a sperm donor and getting pregnant, but she drove by the group home one day and saw all kinds of kids. Curiously, she entered and asked questions timidly. She approached a few kids and had meetings with the director. Nothing seemed to click until she had ….Read Full Story Here….,..
