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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Open Adoption
More from AFC's adoption bloggers about what it means to forge and maintain an 'open adoption' when adopting a child domestically.-
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Making the Leap from Birth Family to Family
Here's the main reason I wanted to adopt a baby rather than adopt donor eggs -- the young woman donating her eggs would remain anonymous. We would have known her…
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Four-Year-Old in the House
Somewhere between the ages of three and four, it happened. We were running late and needed to move it. Now. But Beth decided she didn't want to move. So, she…
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UPDATE! My Daughter’s Biological Mom Called
It was right before Halloween. Kim and I exchanged one quick phone call and planned on speaking again in the next day or two, so her kids could talk to…
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Surprise, Surprise
If there is one thing that surprises me when it comes to adoption, it's how much things still manage to surprise me. Ten years in and I'm still floored by…
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The Numbers Game
I hate that I am writing this blog post. I hate that time marches on, and my age along with it. And, mostly, I hate that Banana and…
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Do They Know?
Ten years after adopting our twin girls, the question that still surprises me the most is, "Do they know they're adopted?" followed closely by "When did you tell them?" The…
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“Who Needs Her?”
I thought for sure I'd hear from Kim, my daughter's biological mother, on Beth's third birthday, which was back in February. Nothing. Then I thought we'd connect on Mother's Day.…
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Nature and Nurture
One of the most common adoption issues I'm asked about is the whole nature vs. nurture "thing" -- who or what determines how a child grows up. It's a question…
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The Truth Be Told
When I adopted my twin daughters, Banana and Little Bit, domestically, we spent the first week of our life as a family in a hotel room in Delaware. I think…
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