My adopted son is my son. Full stop. He has another mother out there, I hope one day he meets. But he will always be my boy.

You can only mother with all of your heart.

I love this quote.

It's ideal, imo, because I'm an antinatalist. I'd decided I'd never reproduce, but it hit me later on that if I wanted to be a dad, I could adopt: and there's nothing wrong with adopting and everything right about it.

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