Have you ever heard someone say they’re colorblind? I’m not talking about the inability to distinguish between red and green, I’m talking about the people who claim they don’t notice racial or ethnic differences. I beg to differ. My husband, my daughter and I are white, and my two boys are Chinese. Our family was…
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This quote from Romeo and Juliet pops into my head every time I get drawn into a discussion on names. What the hell does that even mean? I guess this is probably the time where I admit…
“Be careful how you phrase that question about egg rolls,” a comment from someone near and dear might go. “Jill’s sensitive about Chinese stuff.” adoption My two boys are adopted from China. My nearest and dearest have commented on my “adoption sensitivity” a time or 700 over the past few years. But I don’t think…
I don’t know my son’s birthday. He has an official birth date of record. Someday he will go to the DMV to apply for a driver’s license and there is a date he will put down. It’s probably pretty close to the actual day he was born but that piece of the puzzle, that nugget…
I’ve been on what I like to call the adoption crazy train since 2011, when we first decided to adopt our son Zack from China. For those of you who are new here, welcome, and I’ll take a second to catch you up. We adopted our son Zack in 2012 after our daughter Laura was…
No one talked to me about post adoption depression until after we adopted. This isn’t something I ever heard discussed outside of adoption circles. Maybe it’s time to change that? Here’s part of my story. Three things you need to know about post-adoption depression [Tweet “3 things you need to know about post adoption depression #adoption #postadoptiondepression #national…
Adoption is part of my life. It has been a source of joy and a source of frustration. It has been a rollercoaster ride full of highs and lows and “oh shit” moments that has shaped me in to the person I am. Adoption has done so much more for me beyond adding people to my dinner…
