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The Outside Looking In 27 Aug 2013 | 08:08 am
My daughter met a new friend last year towards the end of the school year in the after school program offered there. Both me and my daughters’ new found friend mom was busy all summer so we could not...
Siblings at Last! 27 Aug 2013 | 04:03 am
In my last post I told you about locating my birth mother and our first phone call. The first week in July of 1995 was memorable. After our first call we parted cordially. She called me back every day...
Encouraging Minorities to Adopt 26 Aug 2013 | 10:48 pm
While all transracially adopted children deserve adoptive parents who are culturally sensitive and willing to expose not only their child, but themselves and their entire family to the child’s ethnic ...
Delivery Room 26 Aug 2013 | 08:50 am
Before we started the adoption process with my daughter, we prayed for the perfect birth mother for our family. We wanted a birth mom that loved us and knew that we loved her. We also wanted a birth...
“Rehoming” 26 Aug 2013 | 01:59 am
I first heard the term “rehoming” from my sister. For a time, she ran a guinea pig foster home of sorts, caring for the little rodents while she looked for permanent homes for them. I liked the posi...
The journey ends…sorta 25 Aug 2013 | 04:14 am
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I was able to secure by original birth certificate and learned that I had an older sibling. My birth mother was from Ohio and my birth father was Hispanic and from T...
Easing the Start of School 24 Aug 2013 | 04:57 pm
When I look back at the last 3-1/2 years I am completely amazed by how my heart has grown. I do not mean that in a prideful way. When The Captain (then 34 months) walked into our home for the first ti...
Unexpected Disapointment 23 Aug 2013 | 09:27 am
Open adoption use to scare me. I did not want to talk about it, find out any information about it, and I most certainly did not want to have one. I, of course, believed all the stereotypical gossip ...
It’s Not Too Late To Compensate! 22 Aug 2013 | 05:35 am
My daughter is diagnosed with Borderline Intellectual Functioning(BIF) coupled with ADHD. For those of you who don’t know what Borderline Intellectual Functioning(BIF) is it is when the person has bel...
Teens Dealing with Adoption 21 Aug 2013 | 06:58 pm
My new job gives me the opportunity to educate people about adoption. Most folks don’t know much at all about the process, particularly about how adoption plays out in the teen years. Both our older ...
