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...
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- Mar 10, 2020
- 4 min
Those People
When R was about 2.5 the first alarm bells started to ring. They were faint for quite some time. However, I couldn’t shake the idea that...
- Dec 17, 2019
- 3 min
Final.
December 17th, 2019 at 2pm we finalized D’s adoption. Oh Happy Day! We are officially a family of 4. The sweet relief of knowing that the...
- Jul 24, 2019
- 4 min
As If He Were Born To Me
Today is the anniversary of when R’s adoption was finalized. I don’t know how the world works, but I do know that my children are simply...
- May 1, 2019
- 3 min
10 Weeks of Real Life
Sometimes I need a picture to know that this is real. To know that I am deserving of this gift of motherhood. D has been with us for 10...
- Jan 1, 2019
- 3 min
This Is Us- Our Open Adoption
Open adoption. Just because it’s strange or different to some, doesn’t mean it’s strange or different to us. Last weekend, together, we...
- Jan 30, 2018
- 4 min
Waiting 2.0
This is the second time in my life I am waiting for my child to find their way to me. As of last Thursday our homestudy has been...
- Sep 7, 2017
- 3 min
I am Woman Hear Me “Ror(y)”
“So you couldn’t have your own child?” She says to me with a tinge of sadness and pity in her eyes….. Here’s the thing lady- I am a...
- Oct 7, 2016
- 5 min
Just a Couple of Moms Sittin' Poolside
My family of 3 is home. Back safe and sound in Brooklyn. We left Fort Lauderdale early, a night before Hurricane Matthew was slated to...
- Jan 7, 2016
- 5 min
The Bat Phone
My bat phone is tucked away in my underwear drawer. There it sits, the service turned off. For a time, though, that phone was like...
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