Adoption Blogs
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Let It Go: Taking the Frozen Hit to Heart
Sometimes, as a parent, it’s about letting go. Do you have Frozen’s theme song running through your head now? Great. And now, in a nod to Moana, “You’re welcome!” This…
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Talking About My Daughter’s Birth Story
Our two-year-old daughter is still a bit too young to understand the complexities of adoption, but that doesn’t stop us from speaking about adoption on a regular basis. It helps…
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Reflections on My Daughter’s Second Birthday
Today is a special day. Our daughter, R, is turning two. Today has also brought with it a lot of reflection. Not a day goes by when I don’t think…
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Interview with Lucky Bastard Filmmaker and Adoptee, Elijah Thomas
Elijah Thomas was adopted at three months old and grew up in a closed adoption. When he was 18, he met his birth mother for the first time. When he…
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3 Ways I Am #RockingMotherhood
First, let me send out a shoutout to TheMomproviser blogger, Ambar Chavez, for cluing me in about the #RockingMotherhood challenge and making me write, ha! OK, here are three ways…
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An Adoptive Mom’s Movie Review of Lion
Okay, this post isn’t actually a review of the Oscar-nominated movie Lion. It’s more like—here’s what deeply moved this adoptive mama after watching, tissue box in hand, the true story…
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6 Adoption Questions from Hopeful Adoptive Parents
Now that I’m seven-plus years into parenting a child who was adopted from infancy, I intimately know the complexity of being an adoptive family. Although I’m positive I’ll never stop…
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Love Makes a Family
Many families here are used to getting intrusive questions, especially if you adopted transracially. I know my family has over the years since adopting from Ethiopia. Recently, I saw a…
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Listen to Your Mother
There’s a little storytelling showcase that is gaining a lot of national attention—it’s called Listen to Your Mother (LTYM). I’m happy to be part of it and would be extra…
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