“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."
Author Archives: Cheryl Klein
The Joy of Mediocre Cooking
June 25th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
Even though I’m chronically grouchy, I’m fulfilling one of the major requirements of motherhood. With help from Trader Joe’s, my co-parent
Someone Else’s Kids
May 7th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
How was I supposed to treat them all fairly when their circumstances were so different
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
In the Fire
February 20th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
Repetition is part of understanding. But it is a little bit torturous to have to tell your child the story of your mother’s cremation again and again.
Dear No One, Who Are You?
January 15th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
When my four-year-old son’s daycare sent home a clip art-spangled flyer advertising a dance class that kids could take during
“As Complex as Childhood, as Complex as the World”: Author Shea Tuttle on Mister Rogers
December 4th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"Fred Rogers reminds me, in (at least some of) the frustrating moments, to take a breath and consider what’s happening inside of my kids."
Dear Birthmother: The Full Disclosure Edition
November 21st, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
The reasons you are on that side of the adoption table and we’re on this side are mostly fucked up, not your fault or our achievement
Squeezed: Almost Making Ends Meet in American Cities
September 17th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
What does "middle class" even mean when almost no one seems to be comfortably raising a family on one or even two incomes