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Protected: Dissolving an Adoption, a Call for Help

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March 2nd, 2010 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Were they Orphans? Does it Really Matter Graff?

Save the Children and Unicef both believe that children are better off in their home countries. Save the Children has gone so far as to say that international adoption can actually “exacerbate the problem it hopes to solve…the very existence of orphanages encourages poor parents to abandon...

February 25th, 2010 | Advocate, Domestic, Feature, Health | Read More

The Genetics of Adoption

This morning I completed my first round of genetic testing, an intensely painful endometrial biopsy. On Monday I have an ultrasound and on Friday I see a geneticist – my mother beside me to help answer questions about my own family history. Why all this? I am lucky enough to have a brilliant OBGYN...

February 15th, 2010 | Adoptee Rights, Feature, Guatemala, Issues, Russia | Read More

Adoption Quote of the Day

If I had my child to raise all over again, I’d build self-esteem first, and the house later. I’d finger-paint more, and point the finger less. I would do less correcting and more connecting. I’d take my eyes off my watch, and watch with my eyes. I’d take more hikes and fly more...

February 9th, 2010 | Feature | Read More

Adoption Family Trees

When I taught Middle School we did a year-long writing project called “My Autobiography”. It included one writing assignment once every week. It also included projects like collages, art, and family trees. Yes, the infamous family tree. I remember one young girl who came to me in tears one...

February 8th, 2010 | Feature, Issues | Read More

101 Best Adoption, Loss and Infertility Blogs

Back in 2008 when I wrote at A Child Chosen, I created a list that has since become one of my most popular posts. The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs has continued to circulate the web since I left b5media but some of those blogs have gone by the wayside and some have done so well the writers...

February 4th, 2010 | Carnival, Feature | Read More

How Could People Steal Children?

I read an article this morning that just broke my heart. Okay, it didn’t break my heart. It angered me beyond anger. It pissed me off. It made me want to…well, I don’t know. I haven’t stayed abreast of all of the Haitian adoption/orphan stories because most of it, in my opinion,...

February 3rd, 2010 | Adoptee Rights, Feature, Haiti, Trauma, adoption process | Read More

Yes, I have that kid

I was told today, by a friend, that her two children are not thrilled to play with my son. Great…he’s “That” kid. You know, the one that all of the other kids don’t want to play with but all of the mothers say they have to in order to be nice? Random Mom: He’s different,...

January 26th, 2010 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Russian Tea Cakes

Russian tea cakes first appeared in Russia in the 18th century, as a pastry in a tea-sharing ceremony. By the 20th century, they were a part of wedding and Christmas traditions in the US…and now they are seen in bulk at Costco and in the Betty Crocker recipe file. INGREDIENTS * 1 cup butter *...

January 21st, 2010 | Russia | Read More

Day of the Black Christ

The Day of the Black Christ is an annual holiday in Guatemala. Sounds a little creepy to me but in actuality, the Black Christ is the most revered Catholic shrine in all of the region. Thousands pay homage to it every year in the Guatemalan town of Esquipulas. Esquipulas was the site of the original...

January 14th, 2010 | Guatemala | Read More