I have always wanted to adopt a daughter. Not because it is ubercool, or its sexy, or its philanthropic.
None of that shit for me. I want to adopt because I am selfish, because I want a daughter and because the process will give me a million times more than I can take.
Today I attended one of my first counselling sessions. I was not surprised to know that a lot of parents want supremely fit infants…but what caught me off guard is that some parents choose to adopt only special children.
I also got to know that a lot of parents just constantly do “foster parenting”…they take of babies between the point they reach an adoption center and actually adopted….sometimes this “fostering” period can be as long as 5 years. Some parents do this on a continuous basis….upto 3 babies at a time.
After I heard all of these stories, I walked to the rest room and stared at myself for a few seconds. What I saw was a very large man with a conversely tiny miniscule heart 
. Funny I had not noticed it with this as much clarity, at least not like I did today. Size does matter!!
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"I want to adopt because I am selfish, because I want a daughter and because the process will give me a million times more than I can take."
You made my day!
-Abhijit
you are actually bringing up 3 daughters at a time! On a serious note, you are the most compassionate person i know!!
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