How Families Change
December 8th, 2020 | by Esther Cohen
I knew it would be in a city, and I wanted my friends to be unfamiliar and different. Why are some people drawn to what is familiar and others of us the opposite
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“Tell It to Me Straight”: An Adoption Story Across Borders
July 29th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"It was difficult because I was never officially] adopted. I was no one, and I was never registered."
The Making of a Grownup: Part II
April 10th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I knew we would be sending Wolf into love, but I wanted to send him into peace, too. Or, I wanted him to stay with us
The Making of a Grownup: Part I
April 3rd, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
One FaceTime chat later, we were on our way to Fresno to meet this baby and his parents, leaving my parent behind
The Wooden Spoon
April 2nd, 2019 | by Jennifer Jordán Schaller
On more than one occasion, my mother said, “Do not upset me. If I start spanking you, I might not be able to stop. I don’t want to hurt you.”
Everything I Wanted to Know About Parenting but Was Too Much of a Kid to Ask
March 13th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
I rarely let myself grieve What Might Have Been. In doing so, I’d have to face the questions of every time-travel narrative. If my mom hadn’t died, would I have have gotten the fertility treatment that led to the miscarriage that led to the adoption of the grandson she’d adore
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