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Sharing My Late-Life Adoption Journey
After nearly 19 years since adopting our oldest, Aimee, I'm finally sharing my late-life adoption journey
A Few Pics From The First 10 Years Yesterday, 11 April 2021, I created a gofundme account in an effort to raise money for a memoir I am writing about my experiences with International—and interracial—adoption when I was 55-years-old and again at 59. As regular readers might know, my wife Linda and I adopted our oldest daughter, Aimee, in September of 2002, when she was 14 months old. We again…
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Ending the Unwanted War Between Adoptees and Their Moms
It used to be that being in my mom’s presence was like running long fingers over a blackboard. There was a war going on between us–a war neither of us wanted, but one that we couldn’t escape.
It’s scary, like climbing Everest without ropes. It’s also lonely, as most moms don’t know that this is a common dynamic. The challenge is to accept the fact that some relationships in life are…
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The Unspoken Raw Realities All Adopted Kids Experience
The Unspoken Raw Realities All Adopted Kids Experience
Mothering an adopted/foster child might be the greatest challenge you’ll ever face, or should I say the greatest dance you’ll ever dance?
Dances are always preceded by dreams. Mom dreams. Big dreams. If your child will be a newborn, you might wrap him in a blanket and glide around the floor, cuddling him to the max. If your child is school-aged upon arriving, you envision the fun of teaching…
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