I'm Feeling Called to Adopt

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🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Ashley is pregnant and busy raising a toddler, yet she also feels compelled to adopt. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:12.4	Ashley, welcome to the program. on Sirius XM Triumph 111.
0:13.0	Ashley, welcome to the program.
0:15.3	Hi Dr. Laura, thank you so much for taking my call.
0:18.8	My pleasure.
0:20.4	So I have a strong Christian faith and I'm married to an amazing man. I have an 18 month old son and I'm pregnant with our second. I need your advice, which I value a lot, on how to interpret what I think are,
0:40.3	they are signs. I think that it might be a calling for adoption when I have very...
0:47.0	I need you to understand before you go on that I don't believe in external callings.
0:54.0	I believe there are often internal motivations
1:00.0	that may or may not be healthy.
1:03.0	Okay.
1:05.0	But when you put it to some external calling,
1:09.0	then it sounds like there is no freedom of choice,
1:12.0	and you're being directed.
1:15.1	And I don't hold with that way of thought.
1:20.9	So what do you think while you're pregnant in particular makes you think about
1:27.6	adopting as opposed to seriously dealing with the two kids you're going to have now?
1:34.8	What do you think is motivating that?
1:37.0	And let's leave religion out of this for a moment.
1:40.2	We can come back to it. And I should say as a sidebar, I'm extremely positive on adoption,
1:47.0	but not under all conditions.
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