Debacle
That's the first word that comes to mind as I think about our recent long-weekend visit to Indiana, to see Beth's birth family. First of all there was far too…
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Mommy Friends
When I first became a mother, and a stay-at-home one to boot, I expected many things in my life to change, like my REM sleep and personal hygiene. But never…
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When Your Family Needs Help: A Few More Thoughts on Privacy
Being a parent is difficult. None of us really knows what we're doing. Most of us try really hard. In my last post, I discussed the challenge adoptive parents face…
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When Your Family Needs Help, Part 1
I belong to a secret Facebook group for adoptive families that has more than 1,000 members. As in many large, online gatherings, conflicts tend to flare, but a recent argument…
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When Entitlement is a Good Thing
Entitlement. Now there's a loaded word. Supermodels feel entitled to rough up their staff, powerful men feel entitled to cheat, or, from personal experience, to speak loudly on their cell…
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A Three-Year-Old’s World
All parents have moments when we look at our children and see a little bit of ourselves. When our son Max, whom we adopted domestically, tucks in Mr. Froggie, he…
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10 Ways Adopting Made Me a Better Parent
As a mother through biology and adoption, I often compare the different paths. I've come to believe that the process surrounding our adoption better prepared me and my husband (though…
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His Own Story
Recently, while talking about adoption with my husband, he looked at me with concern etched deeply on his face, and said, "My biggest fear is that, at some point, Max…
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“She’s So Lucky”
A recent post posing the question, "how do you respond when people praise you for adopting?" has resonated deeply with me. When we first brought our newborn daughter home from…
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He’s Our Son, Not Our Adopted Son
Sometimes I wish people didn’t know that we adopted our son. This thought isn't born of being ashamed of our status as an adoptive family. I am exceptionally proud that…
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