Adoption Stories: Stepping over Fear
They walked into the restaurant alone, with no kids to corral or scrape off the floor. Jeff and Angie have agreed to meet me for lunch. I was expecting their youngest son to join us, as today was a…
Those Kids Who Aren’t Ours
The first time I looked at him, he was grayish and wasn't doing his one job very well. Our first baby needed extra oxygen and a short stay in the NICU before coming home to live with us, his under-pr…
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Pros and Cons of the Big Family (According to the Kids)
Photo by Impressions Photography Those seven, they are all ours. And, much to t…
Our Failed Adoption: Why Parents Should Never Compare
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Why We Adopt
Photo by Impressions Photography My kitchen was extra full and messy for the be…
What My Dough Belly Tells My Girls
My daughter couldn't have been more than eight the first time she came to me sob…