Today we took the plunge, today I made a call, today I received a call – today I put all my words, thoughts and beliefs into action. Today we started the process to become foster …

Recently I have seen a rise in the number of articles, Facebook posts, and even tweets claiming to define what Sensory Processing Disorder is.  This should be good news, and it is — mostly.  But, …

Republished by Blog Post PromoterFaberge eggs used to only come out at Easter time but that has changed now that they are such a collector’s item. My mother loves them and one of the …

I am, quite frankly, sick and tired of the adoption industry pretending to protect me and other birthmothers. Every time I lobby or speak to a legislator about sealed adoptee records, they ALWAYS have the same concern; ” the poor birthmother who doesn’t want to be found” In truth, the average percentage of American Birthmothers who do not desire contact is 0.993471.

Whenever I sit to write, I am already at the middle of it. It’s the beginning that always befuddles me. I never know where to start.
That is because, in this conversation at least, there is …

I experienced my first moment of overt racism just months before our adoption referral. The wife of an elder at our then-church and I joyously discussed the upcoming domestic adoption of dear friends of ours, SongOfSixpence and the King (although this time the baby was Blackbird rather than ThePie). Wife-of-the-Elder patted me on the shoulder, believing she consoled me, saying, “And they got a white baby.”

1. Agencies with a Russian Permit (formerly ‘accredited’)
2. Agencies with Russian NGO, but not a Russian Permit for  Adoption
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Here are the Agencies granted a “Russian Permit for Adoption Activity” (formerly known as ‘accredited’).
You can …

Around our house, we watch of lot of movies on summer nights. We watch DVDs from Netflix and also use their “watch it now” feature.
Here’s a review of a movie  you may want to add …

Yesterday, as I dragged my now five-and-a-half-year-old Tongginator into a local coffee shop, a man surprised me from behind, asking quite bluntly, “Where is she from?” I turned and looked at him for a minute with a raised eyebrow before sharing the name of our town, then adding, “but she was born in China” so that I could avoid the dreaded “But where is she really from?”

Adoptive parents are a diverse crowd, and our children are just as diverse, so I don’t know that it’s completely fair to create a list of specific dos and don’ts and say “THIS is what love in adoption MUST look like.” But… but… some overall concepts are universally true. While we may not agree on every single detail, and I may not be right on every single point, I do believe that sharing my list – the things that God has placed on my heart – will help you think more about God’s Truth when it comes to your own call to adopt.