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Taproot issue 43 - October 2002

My View on Adoption…

I'm Sarah Heverly, and I'm thirteen years old. When Mrs. Stevens first asked me to write an article on adoption, I had no idea what I was going to write about! Adoption was something I had always known, but never really thought about, so writing this article opened up my thoughts a lot.

I was adopted when I was four months old, and from that time, until now, the people in my family have definitely increased. When we go places in our big van, people always say, "There's the Heverlys!" We've adopted seven children including myself, and altogether there are thirteen of us. Holidays are wild here! But I think it's really cool that my parents decided to adopt children, and I don't think I would have it any other way. 

Being adopted doesn't just mean that you're placed with some strange family and that you think you're going to be different. It means you have a family of your own; you can be loved, you can have fun and play, you can get hugs! But best of all is when you realize you won't ever have to leave. I don't really think about that as often as many others do. Since I was four months old when I was adopted, I never really had to move all around to different homes, or lie in bed at night with that empty feeling, fearing that I may never have what many others had; a home and a family.

Parents, if you're thinking about adopting, yet you are having doubts, let me tell you one thing. You will not only bless a child's heart by choosing to adopt him or her, but they will also bless you. I know this for a fact, and I feel happier knowing that my family is here and they love me just as I love them.

My family is just like any other family… just a little bigger. There is rarely any moment in a day where there is nothing new and exciting happening. I don't ever remember the last time I was bored in my house! I don't know where I'd be right now if I hadn't been adopted. I thank God all the time that I have a family and a house to live in. If you have adopted, or are thinking about adopting, you're in for something great, and you won't ever regret it!