Adoption changed my life. I write about this and so much more.
In the beginning, I Wrote About My Adoption In 2007, I began a blog called Our Journey to 5 on the Blogger platform as a way to share my thoughts on expanding our family through adoption. I had hoped to connect with like-minded people during our decision making and beyond. In the beginning, I posted…
What It’s Really Like to Give Birth on National Television (An earlier version of this essay appeared in Parents Magazine and Fit Pregnancy in 2003.) “Oh my God! Didn’t I see you on television last week?” I’m in a neighborhood bagel shop, taking a bite of my sandwich, when I get my…
I have been thinking about International Adoption since I was about 18 years old when I first saw the 20/20 episode about the terrible conditions in the orphanages in Romania. My father’s parents were born in and grew up in Romania, and I was quite close with them before they passed, grew up loving their…
I loved this poem since high school. Food for thought and just a beautiful poem. The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost (1915) Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,And sorry I could not travel bothAnd be one traveler, long I stoodAnd looked down one as far as I couldTo where it bent in the…
If I listened to all the opinions around me, which range from jubilation to judgement, we would never get to a consensus. That’s if we were asking for one, that is. It is totally up to us, and it is a totally HUGE decision. Which is why no decision has been made yet. It is…
There is a family miles away who has been a big influence on me. In the Spring of 2006, I first began looking at blogs. I came across the blog of a family in Georgia who brought home their children from Kazakhstan. I was immediately drawn to their daughter because there was something about her…
“Occasionally in life, God presents a path that requires a leap of faith to travel. The trailhead looks very promising, but the trail further on is certain to be arduous and long. Those of us on the trail together are going to have to make it up as we go. Yet the vision toward which…
The Starfish Story adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren C. Eiseley (1907-1977) Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along the…
Thanks to the generosity of others who have gone before me or are in the process now, I have had a lot of contact with those who enjoy sharing their story. It is getting over whelming for me. I feel like someone who is dating too many people and is screwing up names or important…
Yes, we spoke about giving him some time and a date was set that we’d revisit the idea of adoption again. But so many nights I want to share with my dear husband things I learned that day. I’m just looking through some agency web sites and coming across various interesting articles. Last night he…