- Apr 9
- 4 min
Why You Should Stop Saying "Give Up"
The night before my oldest son was born, I sat in a hotel room and texted with his birth mother. She was anxious and scared about her...
- Feb 25
- 3 min
A Mother's Instinct
My children grew inside of their first mothers. Then, they were born. Then they had hours or days with their first mothers before each...
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Open Adoption During a Pandemic
Open adoption in the time of a pandemic. There will be no birth family visits this year. I won’t feel my heart pounding for the hour or...
- Dec 31, 2020
- 2 min
Happy Kwanzaa
This year we began to learn about, and celebrate Kwanzaa. It felt clunky and foreign, and new, but, we went for it. It was important for...
- Nov 18, 2020
- 2 min
Our Family...
The adoption triad refers to the three groups of people who make up an adoption; the adoptee, the first/birth family, and the adoptive...
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Love Multiplied
It is National Adoption Awareness Month. What is it like to love a child I didn’t give birth to? It’s a knock you down, take your breath...
- Aug 11, 2020
- 6 min
A Nice White Parent (with a Black Kindergartener)
Have you listened to the first episode of Nice White Parents? The podcast begins with the reporter, Chana Joffe-Wait (a white woman)...
