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...

I just asked Ethan to fill in the blank and he said..."Adoption is Love". That's right Ethan. Thanks for writing my final post of...

*I just reread the following post (the year is now 2021) and I feel a bit differently about some of the "negative" terms above. I would...

What does preparation look like for the adoptive parent? R’s nursery before R. There was no trip to Buy Buy Baby to create a registry. I...

Throughout the month I’ve been able to reflect on the highest of highs (welcome to the world R!) and the lowest of lows (failed match-...

Hmmmm. Some ideas: Hard as hell Totally worth it Wide open love My dear R A complex narrative Not for everyone Makes me whole Makes my...

I was blind to how much love and connection I would feel for R' s birth family. I was blind to just how often I would want to reach out...

Grief. Oh boy. Adoption is about love. Adoption is also about grief and loss. I do not know the depth of grief that a birth mother may...

Here’s what I started to write- Some myths: you don’t have to be married to adopt, same sex couples can adopt, single people can adopt,...

What a word to think on as Ethan and I celebrate 8 years of marriage today. Happy Anniversary EVA. Oh what a journey it has been with my...

A message to all of you. Thank you for reading and responding. Thank you to all of you who have reached out and supported me this month....

I can’t believe I’m going to write about musical theatre. The truth comes out- I can not get enough of it. Oh my heart. Tonight I saw...

March 15, 2015. A day for the family history books. It was freezing at Broward General. We stood at the glass nursery window and watched...

Oh joyful joyful! We spent an afternoon with so many families at the AdoptionSTAR NYC fall gathering. It is a joyful thing to be...

The first time around: Wine. Bed. Bath. Yoga. Therapy. Ethan. Show tunes. AdoptionSTAR. Soft clothes. Whiskey. Friends. Sick days. Books....

A stream of consciousness on my subway ride home. Halfway through the month. Thank you for reading ;) especially the sorta half baked...

A Mother for Choco. Not that all families need only mamas (a family with only a papa or 2 or 4 works too)- but here is one book to add to...

This.

To know R is to love R. To love R is to learn all of him. To love him is to drink in the huge differences between us. Difference is not...

Sometimes I have to remember that I need to keep my own judgment in check. I spent the weekend in the mountains for one of my best...