It’s been one year since this happened: The First Time We Met on Vimeo It feels like it’s been so much longer yet I remember it like it was yesterday. ***
The Culture Connection
I’ve read about other parents experiences adopting from China. Before we started the process I subscribed to some message boards. I don’t participate much but I read just about everything that comes through. The questions and comments about keeping children connected to their heritage came up frequently. The overarching response I kept seeing was “we […]
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Follow Up: Stop International Adoption
Blogger extraordinaire Marijane Buck Nguyen left the following comment on my “Stop International Adoption” post: I don’t think there’s an easy answer to the question of whether international adoption should be stopped or not. I think that we must continue to work toward ending child trafficking and unethical adoption practices through advocacy, awareness and implementing and enforcing […]
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Stop International Adoption
What kind of reaction do you have when you read the title? Excited? Defensive? Offended? My reaction was “baffled”. During Q&A after an Atlanta screening of “Somewhere Between“, director Linda Goldstein Knowlton said the only point she had to stop filming was during or after Hilbrand Westra’s discussion on ending international adoption. (If you’ve seen the […]
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The Swirly Family by Jasmin Morrell
My skin is peanut butter brown, and the natural texture of my dark hair can only be described as kinky. I’m married to a man who’s fair skinned and a bit freckled, with the kind of glossy, brown, loose curls any woman would die for. You might call me Black and him White. Or, if […]
