Aug 274 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 164 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 123 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, 20234 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, 20232 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, 20225 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, 20222 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,...
