- Aug 27
- 4 min
Telephone.
We all played a game of "telephone" at our last birth family visit, passing the phrase between mothers and brothers and fathers. You...
- Apr 16
- 4 min
A Decade of Adoption
It’s been almost 10 years since we first met R’s birth mom. For a decade, we have made all of the decisions, always doing when we think...
- Feb 12
- 3 min
How we were built.
What do you do when you know your family was born out of brokenness? Out of another family having to break apart? Imagine that. Really....
- Nov 3, 2023
- 4 min
We're Not Enough
It’s impossible to not write about transracial adoption during National Adoption Awareness Month. Here’s one moment. One of many. One...
- Nov 2, 2023
- 2 min
National Adoption Awareness Month, Again.
It is National Adoption Awareness Month. The boys are growing. They will have their own relationship to being adopted; what that means...
- Nov 7, 2022
- 5 min
National Adoption Awareness Month 2022
I spent a long time trying to pretend that adoptive parents were like any other parent. I was scared that people thought my love might...
- Jul 1, 2022
- 2 min
Maine, the way life should be.
When you enter Maine, the state sign says, "Maine; Vactionland". Or it says, "Maine, the way life should be". Both are state slogans,...
