Overheard
It was the height of the holiday season, December 2002.
We were well into the adoption process. I had accepted as best I could that my son would not be home for his first Christmas.
By now I had become a recluse, tired of answering "I don't know" whenever I was asked when he was coming home, which seemed like the only thing anyone ever said to me.
We had to attend MFH's Christmas party. It's a small company, mostly men. There are never more than a handful of women in attendance. All of the other wives have bio children. It was during the cocktail hour that I overheard it.
"If I ever decide to have more children, I'm going to adopt like Stiletto. SHE'S DOING IT THE EASY WAY."
Tell it to my heart.
We were well into the adoption process. I had accepted as best I could that my son would not be home for his first Christmas.
By now I had become a recluse, tired of answering "I don't know" whenever I was asked when he was coming home, which seemed like the only thing anyone ever said to me.
We had to attend MFH's Christmas party. It's a small company, mostly men. There are never more than a handful of women in attendance. All of the other wives have bio children. It was during the cocktail hour that I overheard it.
"If I ever decide to have more children, I'm going to adopt like Stiletto. SHE'S DOING IT THE EASY WAY."
Tell it to my heart.
posted by Well-heeled mom @ 2:09 PM
4 Comments:
At 3:41 PM,
hotdrwife said…
Oh yeah, REALLY EASY.
I think I would have tossed my martini in her face.
Ugh.
At 5:49 PM,
[] said…
Many don't understand that people become parents through giving love, not by merging chromosomes.
At 9:03 AM,
DD said…
I.am.speechless.
At 8:05 PM,
hotdrwife said…
I am reminded me a poem my mom gave me (which I'm sure you have heard already) but it says essentially:
What are you a product of, heredity or environment? Neither, just two different kinds of love.
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