As I have discussed quite a few times, I get plenty of comments when I am out and about with our large, transracial family that typically fall either into the "completely rude", "abosolutely ridiculous" or "make me feel wierd" categories.

For example, the woman in the grocery store that walks up and right in front of all of my kids demands to know which ones are "really mine". Put that one in the rude category.

Or the woman at the beach who declared that it disturbed her that "all those children" were calling me Mom. Put that one in the ridiculous cateogry.

And then there are all the well-meaning people who say how wonderful and saintly I am...put that in the make me feel wierd category. I am not a saint (far from it) and I do not adopt my children as some sort of service project to ensure my path into heaven. I have my children because they are my children and I love being a mom and this is the life I have chosen.

We do get our fair share of nice comments too...ones that make me smile and give me that "lift" I need to finish out the grocery shopping.

But, I have to say right now I have an all-time favorite comment.

In my last update on Belane's adoption I talked about the AHOPE volunteer that had sent me pictures and some information on Belane. This woman emailed me after hearing we were adopting Belane, and in that first email she said she'd be happy to answer any questions we had, etc. At the end of her email she said how happy she was that we were adopting Belane. This is the point where most people say how "nice it is" of us, or how wonderufl we are for adopting her. But not this woman.

This woman said, "I am so happy to hear you are adopting Belane. She really deserves a family."

Yes, she does.