Category Archives: Adoption

Recently I posted a comment to an adoptee blog where I said, “I personally don’t think I could have adopted from a country where I didn’t speak the language.” I wanted to expand a bit on that. I, personally, don’t … Continue reading →

After reading Linda’s latest post and the posts/comments she was referring to, I just feel tired and disheartened. And if I feel tired and disheartened, I can’t even imagine how an adoptee feels. I love Linda’s blog because she is … Continue reading →

I made a comment on Mei-Ling’s post recently that even had I read adoptee blogs and known about adoption issues prior to adopting, I still would have adopted, but would have focused more on adopting ethically. I said that “my reasons for … Continue reading →

The more I think on it and talk to others in my shoes, I’m slowly accepting the fact that it’s not going to do any good to push AJ to agree to contact with Gege’s mother. The last time we … Continue reading →

I have mentioned in the past that I think about Gege’s first mother a lot. I don’t know when it started, because I definitely didn’t think about her at all through the adoption process – not when we first knew … Continue reading →

AJ’s mother has 2 children: AJ (my husband) and his sister. AJ has 2 children: one adopted (older) and one bio (younger). AJ’s sister has 3 children: two adopted (older) and one bio (newly born last week). Yesterday, AJ’s mother … Continue reading →

I was recently added to a Facebook group for APs who have adopted from Taiwan, by another AP I met a few years ago. She is Taiwanese and at first I was excited, thinking that it was a group of … Continue reading →

A short while ago, Campbell wrote a great post (link below) about what to say to someone who is thinking about adopting. Recently, a college friend of AJ’s (who I have never met) approached him with questions about domestic adoption … Continue reading →