Book Review: A Call to Love
Are you one of those people who has uttered the phrase, “Oh, I’ll just adopt!” or suggested it flippantly to a friend? As an adoption professional I hear that ALL THE TIME. I get calls asking if people can just “come look at the babies” as if I have them lined up in bassinets in some back office room somewhere. I get calls after every natural disaster asking if there is a need for families to take the orphans that must have resulted from the recent earthquake/tsunami/tornado/volcano/fire. I get asked about specific hair and eye color combinations as if you can build-a-baby like ordering a custom computer. Author Julie Holmquist admits to making the “just adopt” comment. Then she actually did adopt. And she discovered there was no “just” about it. A Call to Love is for anyone considering adoption and particularly addresses those coming from the faith-based “we feel called” perspective. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that she addresses the fact that if you feel called yo...