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J.K. Rowling: International adoption overlap, Part 2
Continued from here. I’m not saying Jo Rowling is intentionally bankrolling clapping with one hand and sacrificing children on the alter of ‘Gee, the numbers look good’, but the CHLG does make me very...
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Small world gets smaller
Issues to do with children and adoption around the world range from the widely different to basically the same, as although cultural differences abound, we are at the base of it all humans. For...
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Adoption, AIDS and helping
A state-level orientation program on adoption was held recently in Lucknow, India, with the aim of increasing awareness locally on the issues of adoption in that country. Domestic Indian adoptions...
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India Adoption, it’s mothers this time
I’ve been writing about India, its children, India international adoptions, Indian adoption laws, problems and more for a long time now. Over the past year-and-a-half-plus, I’ve posted on the nuts and...
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Inspirational Adoptee from Peru
A story of how a birth country visit can turn into something life altering for international adoptees and for the children left behind is always inspiring, and this one is no exception. Ana Dodson was...
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Not Just a Number
We live in a world of not-just-a-number. There is a clock in every room, a phone in our pocket, the mph in our cars. We know our families phone not-just-a-number, birthdays and kids weights and...
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Here We Go Again – Madonna’s Adoption
When When I learned of Madonna’s bid for another adoption, I couldn’t help but sigh. I don’t like feeling that way when hearing about an adoption, but I don’t think celebrity adoption is always the...
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Celebration Tokens: In-Process Adoption Keepsakes
While I was pregnant with Bear, each month presented me with a growing reminder of my child. Granted, I can’t claim I gave birth to a seventy-five pound baby (yes, I gained a whopping seventy-five...
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What Is Best For The Children?
Through the years, starting when I was a child, I have raised money for various worldwide organizations. I have always had a slight Mother Teresa complex and I’ve wanted to save the world a few times...
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The Lucky Ones
I received a lovely letter from my grandmother yesterday. In her letter, she wrote, “We see how you interact with your son – such wonderful parents. And that little child you’re looking for [in...
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