Mariska Hargitay on Adoption
One of our favorite stories of celebrity adoption is that of Mariska Hargitay. While she plays a strong and powerful woman on Law & Order: SVU, Mariska's strength and resilience isn't too far from reality.
"But...this is what I've come to understand about life: It was probably the greatest, happiest ending. I mean, it was so painful for us, but it was deeply joyful and deeply right for her. And so when she changed her mind," she says, tearing up again, "I felt honored to be part of the process. It was a profound blessing to have been part of the making of a union; that God had picked me. I don't even want to say that I helped, but for some reason I was there, and I was part of a decision that was so beautiful and sacred. I'm a woman in my 40s. I've lived a life, I know about decision-making and ramifications and choices, and how they affect everything you do. That's age and wisdom. But someone very young — they don't know! They can't know yet."
Read the touching Good Housekeeping article here.
