Hi there, I need some friendly adivice. My husband and I are unable to have children of our own. We have known this for a few years and I pretty much accepted the fact that we were not ment to have children. Well, anyway, lately I have been a little bummed about not having or even raising a child. Most of my friends are childless couples so they dont really understand as it is there choice not to have children. i often think i would like to adopt, although the whole idea makes me nervous just because i don't know the first thing about raising a child. also i am 35 years old, is it going to be too hard to raise the older i get? what about cost?? I am just l looking for support and adivice. Granted i do like the freedom we have to be able to pick up and go backpacking and backcountry skiing. But then again the older i am getting the harder it is to do on a continous basis. ugh... thanks for "listening"