Let the Good Times Roll by Guy Kawasaki: Hindsights II: the Learning Continues: "You can love an adopted child as much as a biological one. A man's contribution to a pregnancy lasts about ten seconds--five if he told the truth--three if you asked the mother. And yet I've met many men who who were skeptical about adoption because they didn't think they could “bond” with a child that didn't have their DNA--ie, the ten-second commitment. This is simply not true: when you hold your precious jewel for the first time, no one cares if none of those chromosomes came from you. Certainly not the baby. Certainly not your wife. So get over it. Your DNA isn't the Holy Grail--to mix several metaphors."
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Guy nails this one absolutely...
Absolutely. Nothing to do with marketing or photography or design, but definitely a truth for us all. What a gift... the love of a child.
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You're right about that. I'm an adoptive Dad and the immediate bond I felt for my daughter Ainsley when she was placed in my arms (after a long flight for her at 4 1/2 months old from Seoul, Korea) has not lessened in 18 years. It should be interesting to note that my ex-wife, early in post-divorce and her being newly remarried, thought I'd have no problem letting the new future ex adopt our daughter and take his last name. Them's was, as you can imagine, fightn' words.
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