Chris Sullivan
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And I can even see like at the end of it, because she's telling me,
That like, you know, all this thing will happen, but like through it all, like we're going to be here to face it together.
And at the end of it, when I, I remember I put my hand on top of her hand as it's behind me.
And it's weird you guys, like a lot of what we do is sort of inside out type of stuff, but there are positions that you can put your body in, right?
Where just your physicality, your posture sort of elicits.
When that woman puts her hand behind my head, like I'm saying this to like her future husband, you're welcome.
That woman is gonna make you feel loved.
I think like to be in a situation,
where he has like this place where he unequivocally belongs with his black wife and his three black children.
And they get a chance to sort of like deal with the world together.
I'm so happy for him to have her, to have these children.
Knowing that like something was missing before, even though he was loved by people, but there's people that sometimes they're like so uncomfortable.
They're like, I don't know how to deal with it necessarily.
So maybe we just kind of keep it quiet and maybe it'll just go away.
I can understand that.
I may not know what to say, so why do I have to say anything, right?
So I guess part of the lesson too is if you're feeling uncomfortable, folks who are in this situation, transracial adopters or whatnot, imagine what the kid is feeling.
And even though it's uncomfortable for you, doesn't mean that it's something that should be avoided because I think that kid will appreciate the fact that his parents made an effort