Interracial adoption
“If you want a black baby, you could get one in six weeks. You’ll wait a lot longer for a white one.” That’s what an acquaintance of mine told me recently as she explained the adoption process at her...
View ArticleChildbearing Completed
Childbearing Completed. That’s what my OBGYN wrote in my medical file this week after we discussed my having more children. She wrote it in huge letters, underlined it and read it out loud to me twice....
View ArticleWhat would your home study reveal?
Our home study is officially complete. Now, the waiting period begins. We are just at the beginning of our adoption process, but finishing our home study is a welcome relief. Having a social worker...
View ArticleWriting to a Birth Mom
Writing our adoption profile was one of the most difficult things I’ve had to write in my life. I’ve been a writer all my life, but as I stared at the blank page with the task to tell a birth …...
View ArticleDealing with the waiting of adoption
After we finalized our homestudy and officially announced we are hoping to adopt, I have had lots of people ask me one question: So what’s going on with the adoption? I know these people are...
View ArticleLife Will Be Better When . . .
Life will be better when . . . I’m sure most of us are guilty of saying or thinking that phrase with any number of endings. Life will be better when I have more money. Life will be better when …...
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