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Finding Our Future in the Past

My wife kept a journal as we waited to adopt our first child, and we can go back and read the entry from the day he was born. Little did we know we'd one day have an entry for the day our second child was born...
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 2 months ago | 3 Comments | Post a reply
Can I Love Another?

Six months into our second adoption I feel disconnected from, even offended by, the process. I need to keep reminding myself that, when I'm holding my little girl in my arms, the uncertainty will be gone, and all of this intrusiveness will have been worth.
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 4 months, 1 week ago | 3 Comments | Post a reply
Thinking Back and Looking Ahead

I've changed from wanting a child who looks like me to insisting on one who doesn't.
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 8 months ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply
Starting Over

We've recently jumped back into the fray of home visits, background checks, and endless piles of paperwork to complete a second adoption.
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 9 months, 1 week ago | 5 Comments | Post a reply
Worried About the Whys

Is there a right way to explain to a child how unknown adult circumstances forever altered his life? I think about this often, and while yes, there might be a right way to go about it, it won't be easy. What will I say when my son asks why?
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 1 year, 6 months ago | 7 Comments | Post a reply
A Small World

Reaching out to other families who adopted from our son's children's home in India has brought affirming benefits for our son and ourselves -- and a serendipitous connection.
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 1 year, 10 months ago | 3 Comments | Post a reply
A Manu by Any Other Name, Is Not the Same

We hoped that not giving our son a new name would help him take something from the culture he had to leave behind.
- Posted by Jeff to Man Up! 2 years ago | 6 Comments | Post a reply

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Barbara, Like Sadie, I feel like an ambassador for open adoption. My husband Jeff was adopted in 1963 and we adopted a domestic newborn in…...
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