Thought I'd introduce myself

Hi I'm Lark, and I'm a bit of an unusual poster I've discovered. In the fact that I'm not currently an adoptive parent, birthparent, or even an adoptee. I'm very early twenties and plan to adopt sometime in the future (after I get married which won't be very soon as I haven't met the guy yet). I just fell in love with adoption and can't keep my mind away from it so I figured I'd learn as much as I can now so I'll be a better parent in the future. I love the idea of international adoption because I was raised overseas and can relate to at least some of the issues within my own life. I also have always really wanted my kids to be internationally minded, having knowledge and experience with more than just US culture. I've had a fair amount of experience with transcultural families, including my maturnal uncle who is an eskimo with four blonde sisters. He was adopted at 2 1/2 and had major developmental delays due to prenatal alcohal abuse and being ignored while in an orphanage in alaska. I didn't come to adotion with the picture that everything is perfect, but I do know that even dispite his major problems that have persisted to some extent throughout his life, he is very attached to all of the family. I still kind of feel like I'm barging in when I comment on things though...Like I shouldn't be posting unless I or my imediate family has experience adoption in a more direct way. I love discussing adoption and parenting issues so I hope it doesn't bother anyone that someone so young and inexperienced is joining their discussions. Sincerely, Lark