Multicultural Family

But it’s the quiet times (hard to come by in a household of six) when we ponder not what we will get or give, but who we’ve lost. Who will - when we look upon our family Christmas morning - only be in our minds and our hearts; who will be ...

What makes the story so different is not that there was a villain in the deal. What makes it different is who the villain was and continues to be: The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service.

We will celebrate your having lived ten years a few days from now and I want you to know that each and every day of your life has been a celebration.

But it’s the quiet times (hard to come by in a household of six) when we ponder not what we will get or give, but who we’ve lost. Who will - when we look upon our family Christmas morning - only be in our minds and our hearts; who will be ...

And in her outstretched right hand was his hand, his dark skin contrasting with her pale skin, their heads bobbing in unison, faces lifted to the ceiling.

And somewhere along the way - between the dreams and the reality; between the nights they called out for you and the ones when you waited up for them, countless memories live.

Because this is our National Adoption Awareness month, I have thought a lot lately about my family’s adoption journey and how much it has changed my views on so many things. How, along this winding road, I have learned to question things I never would have thought of and I have ...

A year of joy and pain, of effort and triumph had built a bridge to this day. Today was the day of my son’s adoption finalization hearing...

The humor doesn’t go away, the sun doesn’t quit shining. And you don’t quit being a woman if you lose your breast. Or your hair...

A child in our world dies each day while waiting for a family to find them. Largely, their deaths go unmourned, unnoticed. Stories untold...