Finally Going Home
April 21st, 2026 | by Noelle Sterne
Should I feel guilty for not having reacted like my roommate did, sobbing and clinging to the bedpost when she had to leave without her child
Browsing the "Adoption" Tag
She Was Planned For on Paper
March 11th, 2026 | by Brittany Miles
“Your baby is here," he said. Confused, I said, “Whose baby?”
Cookies and Other Sustenance: Economic Injustice, the Adoption Industrial Complex, and Being Human on the Internet
November 24th, 2025 | by Cheryl Klein
Two things can be true. I can be a good mom and the adoption industrial complex can be an outgrowth of an economic system that favors the white and wealthy.
Coercion, Control, and Modern-Day Maternity Homes: An Interview with LIBERTY LOST’s T.J. Raphael
August 26th, 2025 | by Jen Bryant
Once we start examining why infant adoption happens, the myths we tell ourselves about adoption begin to unravel very quickly
Motherhood as a River of RISK and Resilience: A Conversation with Memoirist Susan Norman
July 8th, 2025 | by Bridey Thelen-Heidel
By engaging in what I call ‘good’ risk, we are better able to manage challenges that come up in our lives
Filling in the Gap: A (Very) Short List of Activities for Pre-Tweens and Toddlers
August 28th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
Scream into a fan to make their voices sound weird. Take turns trying to shove each other through the cat door
Like a Heartbeat: An Excerpt from I WOULD MEET YOU ANYWHERE
February 15th, 2024 | by Susan Kiyo Ito
Here I had found a place for my rage and grief over my birth mother turning away
“That Intersection is Everything”: Susan Kiyo Ito on Owning Her Adoption Story
February 15th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
"It wasn’t about finances, or youth, or inexperience. It was one hundred percent based on stigma and shame."
She Wasn’t Ever Ours to Keep
February 5th, 2024 | by Elizabeth di Grazia
Every time Mayra was pregnant, the father said the child was not his. But after he learned we'd adopted one of his children, he threatened to kidnap her
Do You See What I See?
January 18th, 2024 | by Cheryl Klein
Did I sense my dad’s sadness about this time of year? Was it the shortening days, the story of a magical baby born in the bleakest of times