My bestie is adopted. There are blessings to it, but also really big challenges. It’s hard being an adopted kid, even when your home life is absolutely ideal (and where/when has that ever happened in the history of time?). Other close friends are trying to adopt right now, so I’m watching the whole thing play out from…

As a fellow adoptee, I agree! And I was lucky enough to be a healthy white baby girl—the only thing that could have fetched a higher rate of interest would be being a healthy white baby BOY.