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 you must expect a difficult path, not an easy one, which is often glossed over. Her own path was certainly difficult and she does not hide her own misconceptions, expectations and internal struggle, which I think is critical for those reading this wondering if anyone really understands. I plan to put this on our adoption agency reading list and recommend it highly for those who think anyone should “just adopt.”  

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