Monday morning Joshua woke up with a fever — really bad timing considering we had an appointment to meet with his foster mom at 11. I dosed him up with Advil, and let him sleep instead of going down to breakfast, hoping he would feel better soon. I toyed for awhile with the idea...
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I know that many of my readers are adoptive parents, deeply interested in the types of issues we are facing on this homeland trip for my sons.  When I asked my 11 year old son if I could blog about Friday’s happenings, he unhesitatingly and happily said yes.  Since he tends to be a...
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We’re flying 34,000 feet over Anchorage, headed for Seoul, South Korea, and I’m wondering how this trip will be. I’m traveling with my two 11 year old Korean-born sons and my 14 year old bio son. I look at the dark heads all around us and realize this is literally the first time my...
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Four travelers. Four big bags to check. Three small bags to carry on. Not bad. Next stop: Seoul, South Korea. Technorati Tags: Adoption, homeland visit, South Korea
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(Part 2) Although we were sad that the adoption of the baby in the US hadn’t worked out for us, it helped tremendously to know that we were headed to Ethiopia soon to get our daughter. In February when I got on that plane with my second daughter as my traveling companion, I was...
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(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 before...
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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 adoption...
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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, etc. Over $80,000 in 10...
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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...
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