(Our little girls, part one) We were matched to an expectant mom at Thanksgiving. We talked to her on the phone every few days, and it seemed that the talks went well. The time between then and her Christmas due date dragged. Could we really be getting a baby? Finally a couple days...
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Way back when we first began discussing adoption, the picture in our heads was of a little girl from China. As we learned more about adoption, we realized that Korea was a better fit for our family at the time for all sorts of reasons, including Korea’s lower family income requirement and shorter...
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After all the drama, tension and stress of deciding to adopt the first time, I figured it would take a major miracle for us to adopt again. And for months after our little guy came home, I was so over-the-moon delighted with him, and so conscious of the miracle of his presence in our...
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Money is a huge issue for most families considering adoption. Most international adoptions these days cost upwards of $15,000– not the kind of money people just keeping lying around. Our 5 adoptions cost in the range of $15,000-$23,000. Each. This included agency fees, plane tickets, immigration paperwork, in-country costs,...
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(This story was first published in Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother’s Soul) ——— My husband and I got married in 1986, a year out of high school. Despite marrying so young, and both being stubborn firstborns, we’ve spent the majority of our marriage getting along pretty darned well. Babies came steadily, 4 in 6 years,...
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My friend Marian linked to these great thoughts at Urban Servant
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Parenting a strong-willed child is challenging work, even more so when a child comes into your family later in life. Parents have to be the boundary, the wall, showing children clearly what is right and wrong. But within the wall there must be a heart. Eventually, as maturity comes, our children will...
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Have been meaning to share a few pictures of my baby’s birthday. I probably shouldn’t really call her a baby anymore, because she’s FOUR. But she’s still the shortest one in the house. That’s close enough for me. ———– I’ll close the contest for the $30 Childrens’ Place gift card on Monday morning,...
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I am very honored to be guest-posting today on the topic of adoption over at my friend Shannon’s blog! Thanks for letting me speak my piece, Shannon!
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Our new girls, ages 10 and 12, have been home exactly one year and we still have plenty of days where things go much less than smoothly. Days when rules grate and pain bubbles over and all they can think that the old life was oh, so much better. Today was one of...
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