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
Browsing the "Hold it Lightly" Category
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
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
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
The Indoor Mom’s Guide to Camping
August 15th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
"Why do people camp? This feels like Christmas, where you work your ass off at work so you can work your ass off some more on 'vacation,' BUT WITHOUT A SINK."
Love and Paperwork Make a Family: Adoption Books for Parents and Kids
July 31st, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
Adoption is not like a bear raising a bird. It’s like a bear raising a bear it didn’t birth
The Red Zone
June 20th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
There’s nothing like having a set of small square teeth sink into your skin to make you question everything.
Immaculate Assumptions: Food Babies I Have Carried
February 19th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
There was a guy I flirted with in English class, and I stayed awake at nights worrying maybe I was a dyke, but that was the extent of my sex life. If it was possible to be negative-pregnant, that was me
How to Map a Moving Target
January 4th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
You handed me a beach ball that was also a globe. “Show me on the map where we live,” you
Reaping the Dresses We’ve Sewn: On Gender and the Urge to Extrapolate
December 4th, 2018 | by Cheryl Klein
The adoption agency my partner C.C. and I worked with didn’t allow parents to choose the sex of the baby