Guest blog: Becoming your whole self as an adoptee
There was a baby screaming somewhere in the back of the restaurant. The baby seemed inconsolable; there was a lot of commotion, parents shushing her, the restaurant staff was flustered. I felt for the caretakers and I felt for the baby. The baby with the infant language of her own could not communicate with the desperate adults, but I’m sure everyone wanted a peaceful resolution. I thought how that baby was still just trying to figure out her place in the world, how it would
Gifts, Gratitude and Sliding Doors
The calendar midpoint between Thanksgiving and Christmas coincides with Hanukkah. It also highlights an emotional intersection for parents by birth and adoption, and individuals who arrived in families via adoption, assisted reproduction and foster care. For many of us, instead of a well-managed intersection equipped with stop, go, and caution lights, it feels more like a high speed roundabout with traffic feeding in from various avenues, lots of honking, periodic crashes,
