This, too, is pro-choice

I got the following email today, from my friend D*:

I have told a number of you about this, but there are a still some I haven't told yet that M* and I are adopting a baby. We were approached by a friend who found herself pregnant and did not feel she could take care of the baby as well as she would want to. She knew we were planning to adopt and asked if we would adopt the baby. We said yes.

Why am I mentioning this? Because I'm so very proud of my friends for doing this--they are exactly the sort of people who should be parents (as opposed to so many I see in my work) as they are grounded, moral, funny, intelligent and kind.

My family has a long tradition of adoption (incl. my mother and her mother), and I think it is a very great kindness, even a blessing, to bestow on a child (and the birth mother). I told D* and M* so, and wished them every happiness. I shall also be sending my traditional Hippo book. Cuz every baby needs hippos!

I feel no great need to breed, but I'm always pleased when good, capable people decide to raise a child. When they choose to welcome into their hearts someone else's child who truly needs them, I'm even more pleased. Not everyone has the courage to make that choice.

A little brightness for the new year, in my world.

Happy New Year!