Iceberg, Right Ahead and Right Behind
July 7th, 2022 | by Cheryl Klein
His first grade class had a Dress As What You Want To Be When You Grow Up Day. There was my kid, as the captain of the Titanic
Browsing the "Adoption" Tag
The Jump
June 28th, 2022 | by Jessica O'Dwyer
We’d arrived at the drop zone in the early morning, ready for my boyfriend to teach me to tandem jump.
I Didn’t Know If I Could Love You
June 27th, 2022 | by Alexandria Bolden
Uncertainty is natural, but hope is real. And if you rely on it, lean into it, the hope outweighs the uncertainty and the doubt every time
Open Cases: When You Can’t Know How It All Turns Out
February 22nd, 2022 | by Cheryl Klein
Years of court dates and appeals stand between us and adoption
Promises
February 8th, 2022 | by Leah Ongiri
We open the door in the morning It is dark and rainy like all morningsThe smell of wet earth rises like
Onesie, Never Worn: On Miscarried Adoption Dreams
November 8th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
Who did I think I was, acting like I was going to have a baby, just because I had a ream of papers and receipts and a promise
Adoption is Not for the Faint of Heart, or: How I Got Banned from the Comfort Inn
July 8th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
If there were a dozen red flags waving brazenly—her urgent need for money, lack of interest in who we were, trouble with the law—that was kind of the point. That was why Courtney was making an adoption plan
Mosaic: Things Lost, Found, and Taken
June 23rd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
The family stories hovered like the clouds of dust that were inflaming Cass’ sinuses. Like dust, they’d been there forever, and I never quite saw them
Alva Kims from Cameroon Asks a Question
May 27th, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
Lovely daughter for adoption, says the caption
Carriers
March 22nd, 2021 | by Cheryl Klein
Privileged parents are getting a dose of what poor parents have always known: When the system fails, we will be blamed and pitted against each other