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Seems to me the word followers mean, people that go along with whatever you say. But the word fans, encourages you in a more positive way.

Some doors close so that other doors can open. I read some of your hubs and you are a great hubber. You now have a new fan. ME. Keep up the great work!

I have one adopted son, one son by birth, and one daughter by birth - and I can't say I've ever seen any dark side to adoption. My son was an infant when he was removed from his birth mother, so he didn't come with any "emotional baggage" because he only knew me. There have been some issues associated with rough start (learning problems in school and figuring out how to tell him the truth about his beginning without telling it in a way that was as ugly as it really was; but they weren't "dark-sides" to adoption. They were more a dark side to his birth mother/family that needed to be explained. They were simply realities that didn't happen to exist for the two children I had myself.

My son is over 30 now; and there's no doubt about it that his school difficulties led to some extra worries and challenges for me (and the young man who had challenges put on him when they just didn't need to be); but I'm a better, stronger, and smarter person than I ever would have been had I only had the experience of having my other two children. It's a particular honor to be the mother of a child we don't have ourselves; and having to help my son overcome some challenges has just been part of the same deal that could have taken place if one of my biological children had been drawn a card that meant they had similar challenges.

I know there can be a dark side to adoption when a child is older and suffers serious, challenging, emotional or physical problems resulting from too long with unfit parents; but when you adopt a child from infancy there just generally isn't any dark side (provided you're equipped to be what the child needs you to be, as a mother).

congrats :) share us your tips to have more fans!

yes, this happened in an old house in Ilocos, a province in Northern Luzon, Philippines. It happened to me and to my 2 kids. We felt a strange presence, a bit malevolent, and all at the same time, we felt chest pains, and we had to leave in order to be rid of the feeling. It was rather strange because it happened to us 3 all at the same time.