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
Browsing the "Adoption" Tag
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
Better
August 15th, 2023 | by Charise Alexander Adams
She may never fully believe she can depend on me – she has been let down too many times. These things are part of the gulf between us that can never be closed – but it can be bridged
The “M” Word
June 19th, 2023 | by Angela Tucker
“Adoption does provide a different life,” I said, erasing the judgment about it being good or bad, better or worse
Report From a Neurodiverse Universe
June 14th, 2023 | by Maryrose Smyth
Val full-body lunges at Max! Contact! Max’s full face folds like bread dough
Don’t Eugenics Your Kid: On the Nature of Nurture
May 10th, 2023 | by Cheryl Klein
In trying to protect myself from what I couldn’t control, I’d forgotten I had agency
Five Answers to the Same Question
October 11th, 2022 | by Eve Lyons
After Faisal Mohyuddin 1. My son is ten today He hasn’t heard from his first momIt’s been years. 2. He loves to explore