What Do I Get? (A Primer on Post-Adoption Funk)
March 21st, 2017 | by Alex Behr
I lay across the double bed, the sun filtering through dirty blinds. Measuring my son’s cries from the floor below,
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Andrea Lawlor on WHY I’M NOT CELEBRATING ADOPTING MY OWN CHILD
January 17th, 2017 | by Andrea Lawlor
This morning we went downtown to the probate court so that I might adopt my own child, who is three
RADIO SWEETHEARTS — Trystan Angel Reese of the “Accidental Gay Parents” on Making a (Growing) Family!
January 6th, 2017 | by Meg Lemke
Along with thousands of listeners to the Longest Shortest Time podcast, I fell in love with Trystan, Biff, and their
MILK IT: Alex Behr on Breastfeeding as an Adoptive Mom
December 5th, 2016 | by Alex Behr
(Names have been changed.) My breasts were dumb. I’d tricked them. Now they were swollen, mini Mt. Hoods with rusty
Nefertiti Austin on Adoption’s #PARENTINGSOWHITE Problem
July 26th, 2016 | by Nefertiti Austin
I’ve become fast friends with a parent at my son’s school. Recently she admitted that she thought my husband had left me
Jenna Fox Took SELFIES FOR THE FUNERAL
June 9th, 2016 | by Jenna Fox
My grandma was wrinkled elbows, open-faced cheese sandwiches on plastic plates from the ’70s, and white orthopedic New Balance sneakers.
I Asked My Son if He Missed His Birth Mom: NEFERTITI AUSTIN on Why Adoptive Parents Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Hard Questions
February 22nd, 2016 | by Nefertiti Austin
As a mother, November is just as important to me as May, because it’s National Adoption Month. Having adopted twice,
Boxes of Love: CHERYL KLEIN is KEEPING IT REAL in Online Mama Groups
December 8th, 2015 | by Cheryl Klein
1. It took me and my partner four and a half years to become moms. They were long years: I
All of A Sudden We Were Mothers: KRISTEN STONE on Friendship and Change
November 11th, 2015 | by Ezra Stone
Last night I talked to an old friend. She has four stepchildren now; I have a six-year-old son. These children,
FIRST TRIP TO THE BARBER SHOP by Eve
October 2nd, 2015 | by Eve Lyons
I took my three-year-old son to the barber shop today. Up until now, we’ve managed his soft, thick, curly hair