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 …

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.

Our daughter found it much less stressful to watch an edited version of our China adoption trip video, set to music, which she soon named her “China baby movie.” This started our quest to find songs that fit an adoption themed video. I’ve compiled a list below – some I love, some not so much – that seem to be favorites among the adoptive parent community.

But the most important thing my Dad ever taught me was how to build a successful family. Because you see, my Dad is not my Dad, but he IS my Dad. He taught me that family is larger than genetics, or geography, or bloodlines. I am an adopted son who never knew his birth father.

A couple weeks ago, one of our own appeared on The View.  Kristen, who also writes at Rage Against the Minivan, was one of several adoptive parents in the discussion, alongside an “adoption expert.”  For …

It’s funny– for  all of the open adoption stories I’ve heard/read, for every 5 where the adoptive family is in touch and/or has a relationship with the birth mom, there’s usually only one of those …

As a Middle School teacher I always ended my school year with poetry because my students were always squirrelly. For me, poetry was exciting to teach the final weeks of school. The grass was green, …

One of the hardest parts of adopting a child from another country is being able to meet your child and then having to say goodbye. Your brain knows that you have to do it but …

It was our childrens’ favorite moment of the church service.  The trays holding small cups of wine were being passed down the aisle.  With many little ones, this is a precarious moment each Sunday, but …

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 …