Hey men who ogle our daughters! This one’s for you.… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Memoir
On My Mom, The Sex She Had, and The Adoption She Didn’t Plan
We adoptive parents must know that in many (if not most) cases, other options for our children and their families might have existed—like financial support, kinship adoption, respite care, legislative changes. As my mom learned, though, birthmothers are so often demonizes and then left out of the decision-making process. What does that mean for them?… Continue Reading
In Lieu of a Midlife Crisis: Getting My Ugly Cry Back
“Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. I was better after I had cried than before — more sorry, more aware of my own ingratitude, more gentle.” —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations— I have a friend who can CRY! I… Continue Reading
See That Obviously Adoptive Family You Want to Compliment? Read This First.
The holidays can be emotionally loaded for anyone. They are often especially confusing and challenging for adopted children and adults who were adopted. When my family is out and about around the holidays, we often get the head-cocked, lips pressed together in a slight smile, starry-eyed stare that says the very sight of our transracial family has given… Continue Reading
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