Adoption - The New Trend

First, let me introduce myself. I am Melody, and I am adopted. But I believe I was adopted a little to early. If only I had come along 35 years later I could be the latest trend. There is just one problem though, I was adopted locally in the United States. Apparently years ago society could manage to do charitable deeds without the influence of Hollywood.

If you are appalled at my tone of sarcasm I recommend that you remove those blinders that you have on. Once removed, you will be able to see things for what they really are. Take a minute for your eyes to adjust and I will explain myself thoroughly. I am not against the wealthy, the famous or the minute-men advocates. I am disgusted at the status of the current population. It should not require an endorsement from a celebrity to push us to help others and contribute positively to our fellow man.

Over the last few years all we seem to hear about are the celebrity adoptions from other countries. That certain couple, who has made a ongoing hoopla about adopting, is getting quite tiresome. What bothers me the most are the children who are suffering here. The children that are in your neighborhoods. The children that go to the same school as your children. The children that we pass by everyday and never take time to notice or see that they too may need some extra help. Our country has become hell-bent on taking care of other countries and their problems that we have forgotten our on. I have not noticed our orphanage’s having extra beds due to a foreign advocate taking a few children home.

It has been a in thing to do for quite some time to adopt infant girls from other countries. In certain areas of our world little girls are unwanted simply because they were born female. That is a concept beyond my realm of recognition. However this has not been the ongoing topic of the nightly news or put on every magazine in print.

My being disgruntled comes from the fact that people I know around me have adopted babies from other countries and have not once considered helping the little ones right around them. The only reason they adopted a child at all was because it was the latest fad going and they must be considered in that elite group. Adopting a child of any age is not in the same category as Chanel handbags and Bentley’s. It is accepting the responsibility of a human life.

Glamorizing such an important subject is offensive to me, and I probably should not fault the famous for utilizing their status to do charitable deeds. Should the blame fall on the realm of the media who fails to focus on the true meaning of the cause, or should the fault be within ourselves for allowing them to manipulate our own intentions.


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