Posts Tagged ‘Transracial Adoptive Parenting’

What if Jesus Has HIV?

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 with lots of practice, we rarely spill a drop. A prayer was offered and we lifted our cups...

March 12th, 2010 | Feature, HIV + Children | Read More

playing the Adoption Card

I never thought I’d ever say this, but last month I caught my daughter playing the adoption card. What a phrase, right? Guaranteed to raise hackles left and right. Except that is EXACTLY what my five-year-old did. I am a momma who strives to keep open the lines of communication with my daughter,...

January 13th, 2010 | China, Feature | Read More

New Research Encourages Going Beyond Culture Camp

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if...

November 13th, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

“How’s Your Heart?”: Filling My Adopted Child’s Heart

Our first reports of Dimples used words such as “active” and “energetic”. We chuckled a little, knowing that those presumably understated words could describe some of our other children. Then my friend went to visit Dimples and wrote to me: “She is absolutely the most outgoing...

October 20th, 2009 | Feature, HIV + Children | Read More

Mid-Autumn Moon Festival

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...

October 1st, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

Dear Birthmother

Ever wonder about those Dear Birthmother letters you see all over the internet? Ever wonder what they might be like if complete honesty was present? I did. So I present Forrest and Kelly, a hopeful adoptive couple, with a few issues… Dear Birthmother, Our names are Kelly and Forrest Green. First...

September 13th, 2009 | Feature, First-Moms | Read More

Across the Generations

I remember the very first time I ever considered adopting a child. It didn’t happen for me inside an impersonal doctor’s office or while I prayed in church during a particularly moving sermon referencing James 1:27. It didn’t happen for me while I stared at red-inked hearts scattered...

September 11th, 2009 | China, Feature, Korea | Read More

Wise-ing Up About Adoption and School

My Tongginator begins kindergarten tomorrow. I’m very excited for her… REALLY. I’m also a bit sad for myself. Because – you know – I’ll miss her when she’s gone all day. From 8:45 AM until 3:45 PM. ALL. DAY. I know. Although it doesn’t feel like...

August 27th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

Just Trying to Get Coffee…

Several years ago, when the Tongginator was two-and-a-half, a man chased me down in the parking lot of a popular bookstore to ask me, “Where is she from?” A rather awkward conversation ensued, with him rambling on and on about how the Chinese hate girls and how he and his wife do everything they...

August 13th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

What Matters Most

I know many of y’all wish you could move into our neighborhood. I read your comments at Our Little Tongginator… the ones where you crack jokes about Mr. Rogers living down the road from us, or how we must be some lesser-known version of Sesame Street, or that the friendly atmosphere found in...

July 17th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More