If you have no mental or spiritual tools to deal with feelings about childlessness then you have no tools to deal with parenting. There are many ways to find the tools. Look into the organization called RESOLVE. Talk to a counselor, friend, clergy, psychologist, therapist, someone who can help you learn how to relax. Take a class in yoga, meditation, mindfulness, mind/body awareness. Join a support group.. Do peer to peer emotional release work… Learn and internalize deep relaxation techniques. Just don’t drive or operate heavy machinery or baby sit when you do these things.
ALCOHOL AND/OR DRUGS ARE NOT GOING TO SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS. They may create a gap between you and your goal.
We lived in that Purgatory called infertility for eight years before Michael was born and adopted by Joe and me. No matter the race or background, when you adopt a child, deep in your souls, God gives you the spiritual knowledge that this adopted child is your soul child.
What makes you a mommy or daddy? It is a combination of love and a willingness to take on unending, overwhelming, exhausting responsibility in order to help another soul achieve his or her best potential. It is commitment, devotion, and willingness to be vulnerable and strong. It is trembling with fear as you go bravely into the unknown holding a tiny hand or two.
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