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Falling in Love After Adopting

I don't know what I expected to happen when we brought our infant son home from Korea, but I had no idea I'd fall in love so fast.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 6 months ago | 5 Comments | Post a reply
The Wait Is Almost Over!

We've finally gotten the call to pick up our baby boy in South Korea.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 7 months ago | 7 Comments | Post a reply
Love, Not Looks, Defines a Family

As an olive-skinned woman with dark hair and dark eyes who parents a blonde, blue-eyed daughter, I am questioned frequently by strangers as to whether Josi is mine.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 7 months ago | 4 Comments | Post a reply
Discovering Unexpected Adoption-Related Themes in Disney Movies

Tangled isn't an adoption movie, but it touches on several relevant themes about home, birthparents, and adoption. Will my children notice, and if so, how will I talk about these topics?
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 8 months ago | 19 Comments | Post a reply
Creating New Family Traditions With Adoption in Mind (Sort of)

We're on our way to becoming a transcultural family, but it doesn't come naturally yet. It sure is fun, though.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 8 months ago | 5 Comments | Post a reply
Baby Steps to Becoming a Transracial Family

The more we talk about Dylan, the son we're waiting to bring home from Seoul, the more Josi seems to identify--in narrative, at least--as Asian.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 8 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply
The Birds, the Bees…And Adoption?

Talking openly and honestly about birth and adoption with my daughters has proven to me that as parents, we all get it right at least part of the time.
- Posted by Meghan to The Perfect Blend 2 years, 9 months ago | 2 Comments | Post a reply

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