I am spending a lot of my time thinking of L’s other mother.  Tomorrow is L’s birthday.  If the information we have is correct (and I have some reason to believe to at least some of it may be accurate) two years ago, L’s mother was spending her last day (or days?) with L. 
In my mind, I can […]

Today, I am absolutely ashamed of some of the adoptive parents who are posting on the internet about the Netherlands news stories.
Some parents are saying it should be OK for small amounts of money to change hands if people bring children to orphanages.  How small is small enough to make child trafficking acceptable?  To make the […]

Wow, I am so shocked that I was not completely buried in comments by adoptive parents who believe exactly what I believe!   No seriously, if I thought you were all going to agree with me, I wouldn’t have put in the part about throwing the rotten tomatoes. Heh.
A few points I wanted to elaborate on a […]

I have been putting the last questions off, because they are certainly not likely to make me the most popular, well-liked girl in the class.  I am combining to questions and answering them together:
 
10) I’d like to know your thoughts on the anti-adoption movement.
11) How has some of your thinking about adoptive parenting evolved in […]

February 26th is exactly one year from the day we met L. 

 It seems impossible that we have only known her for a year.  I feel like L has been with me my entire life.  At the same time, this year has slipped by so fast, it feels like the blink of an eye.
Adopting L isn’t […]