What I want...

I want to be the person who sees that sometimes there is joy in people adopting and contributing to society by parenting and nurturing in other ways.

BY THE WAY, WHY DO HALF OF ALL INFERTILE WOMEN HIDE THAT INFORMATION FROM THEIR MOTHERS?

"A survey on infertility done by Redbook in 2011 was also mentioned. 61% of respondents hid their infertility from family and friends. Nearly half didn’t tell their mothers. I can’t say I blame them, and, as I can say from experience, revealing yourself to strangers ain’t all that much better. Like breast cancer, infertility is a disease that effects one in eight people. Can you imagine if 61% of people with breast cancer needed to hide it from their family and friends due to a lack of compassion and understanding? And if 50% couldn’t tell their own mothers due to shame and fear of rejection? It got me wondering if there are any other diseases with a similar number of recipients that people feel the need to hide with such fervor."

 http://infertilityhonesty.com/2015/01/31/when-your-trauma-and-loss-doesnt-count-round-2-the-end/

THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD: SO GREAT, A DAUGHTER MUST HIDE HER SHAME. THAT IS SO FREAKIN' MESSED UP.

Biological parenthood is not the be-all end-all that many say it is. It never has been. Maybe it is for some people. But it is definitely not that way for everyone.

I also think that painting an unrealistically rosy picture of parenthood does nothing to stop things like this from happening: https://www.yahoo.com/health/title-x-the-federal-family-planning-program-is-123492140982.html 

Here's hoping the future will be better.