Posts Tagged ‘Adoption’

The Memory Keeper’s Son

I just looked at my oldest child’s baby book for the first time since we finalized his adoption. I hadn’t really thought about looking at it – one of the kids just pulled it off the bookshelf and plopped it in my lap. As I sat there flipping the pages, I was flooded with memories...

March 8th, 2010 | Domestic, Feature, Foster Care | Read More

Protected: Dissolving an Adoption, a Call for Help

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

Adoption Carnival VI: the Racism Rainbow

I didn’t know what the topic for this carnival was going to be until today when I read our newest writer’s post; Little Bigots at Basketball. It hurt my heart to read it. Then, I read Tonggu Momma’s post on Chinese Food. Seriously, what kind of parents are we raising? My family lives...

February 26th, 2010 | Carnival, Feature, racism | 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

A Field Guide To The Adult Adoptee

You know that they are out there, maybe you have even seen one, the elusive adult adoptee. So like you, but so different, for all appearances a grown human being, but always an adoptee. They are for the most part an attractive and intelligent species with excellent communication skills and varied...

February 25th, 2010 | Advice, Feature | Read More

Financing An Adoption

A few months ago, I naively wrote a quick post about HelpUs Adopt.org. They were doing a fundraiser for their adoption grants, and wanted to get the word out about a bracelet that had been designed for the cause. I wasn’t expecting the response that short post got. It seems that in between the time...

February 23rd, 2010 | Domestic, Feature | 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

What Does Therapy Look Like? Part 1

There was a time last year when I didn’t know if we could survive the impact that grief, loss, and trauma were having on our family. After 22 months of tumult, with the situation worsening, we finally sought professional help. We were 20 months later than we should have been. I learned some...

February 12th, 2010 | Attachment, Ethiopia, 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

Choosing Love

I still remember the biggest fight Aaron and I have ever had as if it was yesterday. It was the one time I almost uttered the word “divorce”, something I swore I would never do unless I was serious. We had only been married a year and we had been trying to have a baby for that whole time...

February 7th, 2010 | Feature, Korea | Read More