You know you’re an adoptive parent if you dread school assignments that involve the “family tree.” My brother is adopted. Three of my cousins are adopted. It was a normal part of “how you got kids” when I was growing up. I got married at the tender age of 42 and the fertility ship had […]
I had been waiting my whole life to meet this man, and I knew with absolute certainty that I wanted to have him as a part of my daily life forever. Genetic Sexual Attraction (GSA). There wasn’t a word for it back when I first met my father, Jackson. Until very recently, memories of our […]
The idea of an open adoption can be scary because the false security of anonymity disappears. But we can’t imagine doing it any other way. Near midnight on Tuesday, September 9, our adopted son, Stryder, entered the world. Many people have misconceptions about adoption. Because most parents can’t imagine giving their child to someone else, they assume […]
