Two nights ago, I was sitting in the living room with Keith after we had been previously discussing the kids’ birth mothers* at the dinner table.
Keith turned to me and very innocently asked,”Mom, is Stephanie adopted?”
It took me a minute or so to comprehend what he was asking, but once I did, it made me smile.
Keith was asking because he wasn’t sure if I had given birth to her.
He was asking because he simply didn’t know that Russ and I could not actually create a daughter that is black.
And while I suppose I could be concerned that my son didn’t know, instead, I can’t help but really feel like we have done something so amazing that all parents should wish to be so fortunate….
I have raised my son to be completely colorblind.
And, I guess to some that might not be such a great thing.
For whatever reason,
but honestly, it just means that Keith sees the person within
and that is all,
And that is awesome.
AWESOME.
Especially when I realized that it isn’t just Keith who doesn’t see color,
but in fact,
all of my children.
And, the crazy part, is that I don’t see it either,
so it wasn’t until after the fact that I realized that my three oldest kids went to their prom with dates from a different race.
I suppose that could make me the least observant mother ever,
but I like to think that it just makes me one of the most brilliant 
*we have always been very open and honest with our children about their birth parents.
I LOVE THIS!!!!!! Since all my babes are adopted….and they know I can’t have biological children – they know they are all adopted, but they really don’t care about skin color either! It makes me sooo happy that they just don’t “care” about it!!!
That is awesome!
Love this!!!
You have an amazing family and you have done a fantastic job raising them and instilling values that matter.
That’s so wonderful! If only more people in this world could be like your son and your children, there’d be a lot less hate. You must be doing something right
Thank you Nikki
I completely agree with that.
It baffles my mind to think that ppl hate other ppl simply because their skin is darker or lighter.
Just crazy.
And stupid.
I love it! I hope I am raising my kids to be as color blind as yours
That is so awesome! What a beautiful family. I would love for you all to join me this month on my blog for 31 Days to Fit. Our family is encouraging others in health this month.
What a great family you have! And I agree with you: you’re brilliant!
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Debi
if just everyone would be like that…
and if everyone would also be “religion blind”…
Good job, Debi and Russ!
I taught at a private school for a few years and had an opposite experience during one year of kindergarten. I had one little black girl in my class. (I only had six kids total.) This child told her speech therapist, “I don’t like white people.” I knew it wasn’t really true because this child.was.always.stuck.to.me.like.glue! LOL I thought it was so funny, I mentioned it to her folks during a parent conference. They were both shocked and said, “That didn’t come from us!” I laughed and told them I kind of figured that since they’d sent all five of their little girls to a private school where there were only a couple of black children. Then a light bulb went off and the dad said, “Oh, no~ that came off an episode of ‘I hate Chris’.” HA! I just thought the whole thing was funny.
I love this, too! I remember back in the winter, around MLK, Jr. day, I was talking to J&S about who MLK, Jr was and what he fought for. I asked them if they knew anyone whose skin was a different color and they said No…despite the fact that one of Sarah’s good friends from daycare is African American and one of Jacob’s friends is Hispanic. I was glad they didn’t even notice…(sadly we don’t live in a very diverse town) despite the city I teach in just 20 minutes away that makes me the minority.
that’s awesome and so sweet.
That is awesome! It brought tears to my eyes. The sweetest thing I’ve heard in a long time. Way to go…you sure are one awesome momma!
thank you so much for your super kind words .