The Long Road of Blog
A Packaging Problem -- A Guest Post by Ruth Monnig
In French, the term, “I miss you,” is “ tu me manques.” Literally, that is something akin to “I am missing you from me.”
Power, Love, Courage, Wonder
I think it started the first time I saw my mother’s legs in stockings.
Oh, Mama. Please Help Me.
Resmaa Menakem, in his talk with Krista Tippett on her podcast On Being, said the tears of a white woman have a certain kind of power.
My Two Grandfathers -- Adoption and Race -- Guest Blog Post by Jack Rocco
We talked about my father. She wasn’t exactly sure of his ethnicity or race.
Dear Adoptive Parents Who Feel Over Their Heads
I read a plea recently on Twitter by an adoptee asking adoptive parents to say something positive about their (adopted) children.
A Murder of Crows -- Guest Blog Post by Amy McLain
I stayed up late last night, waiting to see if anything was happening with the protests.
Trying to Get My Adoptee Brain to be Organized Feels Like Trying to Pack a Lion into a Straw
There is a part of the brain that deals with something called executive function.
How I Write — Guest Post by Leigh Bailey
In school I tried writing like a boy in my grade who was smart, and always kept his desk neat and tidy.
Thinning Seedlings
Seedlings are like whispered prayers.
So how do you pull a baby plant from the earth? How do you say not you?
Adoption and Velcro and Rehoming and The Ones Who Get Us by Katy Schultz
This is a guest blog post by Katy Schultz whom I adore as a human being and as a writer.