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 …

Gabriel’s birthfather lives in Texas.  I am sure of that.  As a matter of fact, I have his full contact info, should I want to contact him.  And something about holidays, especially Father’s Day, always …

For me ( and only me; disclaimer disclaimer, etc) I would have to be a really unfeeling and shallow person to be able to just hand those new parents their new baby and go on with my life as if nothing had happened.

Sam’s Sister, by Juliet C. Bond is a book we have read many times in our house. In fact, I could probably read it without actually looking at the words.
The story opens with Rosa, a …

I’m not sure if that’s my personal hell or not. But it’s something very much like that. You’ll have to make up your own. How does that relate to adoption, you’ll have to tell me.

As I turned into the parking lot, my palms were sweating and my stomach in knots. We were meeting them; the expectant couple who’d picked our profile from the many others on file with our …

On Saturday night, people across Asia will celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival or 中秋节 (Zhōngqiūjié) in Mandarin. This holiday always occurs during the Autumnal Equinox, so people often refer to it as the Moon Festival, since the moon appears bigger, brighter and closer to earth at this time of year than at any other.

People are often surprised when they learn that our children have the same birth mother. The really curious ones press a little further and want to know if they have the same birth father too ……

Junior was born a week after we got home from the dance contest, a week after Father’s Day.