I adopted my daughter Rachel Zhanna from Kostanai, Kazakhstan, in 2004 when she was a year old. I didn’t know anything about Kazakhstan before I
If you are expecting a child within the upcoming months or have recently found out that you are pregnant, you might be concerned about the COVID-19
This article is probably going to evoke some emotions, so consider this your trigger warning. I imagine I’ll catch a certain amount of flack, but
If you have ever traveled to a different country, you are well aware of the fact that different cultures can be quite a shock. No two countries are
For this article, I asked to interview my foster sister, Dawn, to tell her adoption story. Dawn is a 38-year-old African American woman who was ado
A picture says a thousand words and can change the course of life when it comes to adoption. An adoption photolisting is part of that. Th
Most people adopt in a similar way. They make the conscious choice to pursue adoption, and then, they follow a fairly standard route: criminal reco
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Things were a lot different for me before I became a parent. I was selfish. I was reckless. While I considered the consequences of my actions, many
My heart was broken by the thought of so many children without loving homes, but I had no idea what to do about it. I was young and definitely not
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