tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27876048177470219932011-07-28T17:28:54.158-05:00An opinion from the person who feels like the exception most of the time.Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391025623389353894noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787604817747021993.post-70072517056110788312010-02-20T15:41:00.002-06:002010-02-20T15:52:32.568-06:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">Lately I've got a lot of questions on my feelings when it comes to the adoption in general. So I thought I would take a few minutes to discuss with you my feelings.<br /><br />As far as the adoption process goes, I'm not enthused because paperwork is not my thing and I procrastinate when it comes to doing it. Also there is the money involved for turning the paperwork in and getting the home study done. I feel like we're not in a place where we can take out a loan or set the money aside at the moment, so we're just waiting, which kills Kelly and I hate that for her but we'll get through it.<br /><br />As for the having a child that is not my own biologically, I'm ok with that. Notice I didn't say excited. That's because I would just be ok with one that is biologically mine. My reasons are pretty simple. I have lived most of my life not wanting children and it's taken me a long time to change my mind on that topic. Now I do want a child whether it has my DNA or not, but I would be ok. Now before people get up in arms when I say "ok" it means just that "ok". Before, if I found out that I had a child I would be irate. Now that I've been married and have been around children I know that they're not that bad. YES there are things that will get on my nerves, for example getting up in the middle of the night to feed and diaper a screaming baby, not on my list of fun things to do. But in the end I know it'll be worth it. Plus, the later years is what I dream about mostly. For a girl, it'd be tea parties or dance class, and a boy it'd be wresting matches and football games but the baby years I know will be sweet too and I know that will enjoy those to once I get to know him/her.<br /><br />I hope that this answers the question and if anybody has more I'll be glad to answer as best I can.<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2787604817747021993-7007251705611078831?l=lifeasbrandon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391025623389353894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787604817747021993.post-61660357130769093992010-02-17T08:47:00.002-06:002010-02-17T08:58:14.433-06:00<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: courier new;">As you can tell, I've deleted all my other posts because most of them are stupid and make no sense at all. I am making a second attempt at blogging, and in this I'm going to be talking about what has been going on in my life and Kelly's life. As the people close to us know we are going through the process of learning about adoption. While learning about this and going through the process of the actual adoption I'm sure that there will be questions and I want to use this as a mass communication so I don't have to answer the same question a bunch of times. I cannot promise weekly updates and such because quite frankly I have a hard time finding stuff to talk about, I hope that will change but that's what these experiments are for. So, wish me luck.<br /></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2787604817747021993-6166035713076909399?l=lifeasbrandon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Brandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13391025623389353894noreply@blogger.com0