Children up for Adoption in Virginia - this is so scary

I woke up thinking about the directory of children waiting for adoption in Virginia.

It's just like a dating service, only instead of hot bods, it's kids, some of them really young, some of them frighteningly old, stuck in foster care and needing adoption.

You HAVE to check this out: http://www.adoptuskids.org/states/va/browse.html

Look at Amber, aged 17, who likes to knit...

It's so depressing, all these children without real parents or anyone to love them. 100% of the people I know who were adopted or spent time in foster care were abused and suffered mightily.

I went through a phase where I was going to adopt instead of having 'my own' child. I felt it was the morally responsible thing to do. I still feel that way - except that it's so much easier to accidentally get knocked up than it is to go through the process of adopting a child.

Would it were easier... I mean, adopting a teen would be great-- get extra help mowing the yard... (just a joke)...

I can't believe the title of this page is "Browse Virginia's Kids." It's like shopping for pants or something. Grrr.