August 27th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I started from the things I am intimately familiar with. I am often at the receiving end of questions like “Why is my hair black?” or “Why is my skin different from my sister?”
July 29th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
"It was difficult because I was never officially] adopted. I was no one, and I was never registered."
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
May 7th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
How was I supposed to treat them all fairly when their circumstances were so different
April 10th, 2020 | by Cheryl Klein
I knew we would be sending Wolf into love, but I wanted to send him into peace, too. Or, I wanted him to stay with us
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
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.
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
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."
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
