The Making of a Grownup: Part I
April 3rd, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
One FaceTime chat later, we were on our way to Fresno to meet this baby and his parents, leaving my parent behind
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In the Fire
February 20th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
Repetition is part of understanding. But it is a little bit torturous to have to tell your child the story of your mother’s cremation again and again.
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
Lego and Let Go: Parenting in the Time of Peak Plastic Sh*t
April 22nd, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
Long before my son saw Cars, I counted six Lightning McQueens in our house, none of which I’d purchased. This happens when you live during end-stage capitalism
Everything I Wanted to Know About Parenting but Was Too Much of a Kid to Ask
March 13th, 2019 | by Cheryl Klein
I rarely let myself grieve What Might Have Been. In doing so, I’d have to face the questions of every time-travel narrative. If my mom hadn’t died, would I have have gotten the fertility treatment that led to the miscarriage that led to the adoption of the grandson she’d adore
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