Africa-Press-Ethiopia
Connie Britton became a proud mom almost ten years ago when adopting her son from Ethiopia.
And the four-time Emmy nominee has nothing but words of encouragement for other people planning to adopt.
She recently got candid about her decision to adopt her son Eyob ‘Yoby’ back in November of 2011, when he was only nine months old, following the deaths of her own parents.
The 53-year-old said Thursday on Watch What Happens Live: ‘I had no idea what I was even getting into. So it wasn’t so much “I can do this” as much as I knew I wanted to be a mom.’
She revealed that the decision came amid a tough time in her life: ‘And, in truth, both of my parents had passed away within three years, and suddenly I was like, “Oh, no. My family is no more.”
‘I mean, I have a twin sister, but that was a big loss, losing my parents. And I wasn’t in a relationship that felt like it was going to be a marriage relationship.’
Britton added: ‘And so I was like, “What am I waiting for? I know I want to adopt. I can do this.” But that was a little delusional because it turns out it’s a really hard thing to do, but I would only encourage anybody to do it. You can do it!’
