Letters to the Editor
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You've decided not to adopt
And volunteer work doesn't fill the ache in the two of you to give of yourselves.
Please consider fostering. You might make a huge difference in a small life. You don't know what you'd be bringing into your family--but you don't know that when you roll the genetic dice, either.
You just know you'd be embracing a larger family than the two of you. And since you describe a family built on love, that seems like it would be a good thing. Good for someone who may never have known family, good for you. A lot of us would make crappy foster families. Some of us--and you sound like that subset--have both love and strength to give. You're fortunate to have that. You could reap incalculable returns on that fortune.
Grieve as long as it takes. But think about it.