Stories
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Chatting With Kids About Adoptionposted on June 24, 2011 I don’t talk with my kids about adoption. It’s not that I don’t think it is a good idea – it certainly is. It’s just that, even though all four of my children were adopted, they have no interest in…… Read More |
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Anything But Typicalposted on June 24, 2011 As an adoptive dad I’ve come to the place that I can easily acknowledge that all of my kids are a little different in some way or another. Different than what, you ask? I’m not entirely sure, but I know…… Read More |
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Our Reflections – Listening to Adoptees’ Voicesposted on May 19, 2011 Melanie Chung-Sherman, together with Heather Ellis, leads Tapestry’s Adult Adoptee Group. Melanie recently began writing a regular column for Adoption Today entited Our Reflections. In this column, Melanie will give voice to many of the thoughts and emotions that adopted persons share in…… Read More |
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Grateful to Share My Mother’s Dayposted on May 9, 2011 Tears flowed down my face today as I sat in church listening to our pastor read the most sincere and sensitive prayer I’ve ever heard offered on Mother’s Day. He started his prayer with thanksgiving to God for welcoming us…… Read More |
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Saying Yes, After Allposted on May 9, 2011 I first thought about fostering children during graduate school, but I quickly dismissed the idea. After all, I was in school preparing to begin and then advance my career. And on top of that I was single. Surely becoming a…… Read More |
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Surprised by What’s Nextposted on May 8, 2011 At the end of 2009, my wife and I adopted our daughter, Almaz, from Ethiopia. What an amazing and wonderful experience it was! Meeting and bringing home our, then, 7 month old daughter was met with so many emotions from…… Read More |
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Embracing the Grief of Adoptionposted on April 26, 2011 By Michael Monroe I was reminded last night of something I already knew, though I often try to forget it. It is one of the more sobering realities of adoption – the fact that there is no adoption without loss…… Read More |
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Check the Expiration Date on Your Compassionposted on April 18, 2011 We recently moved out of our house to remodel the downstairs after experiencing a water leak. In the process, I was forced to confront one of the more unwelcome tasks of moving – cleaning out the pantry. In doing so I…… Read More |
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Becoming a Band-Aid Dadposted on April 5, 2011 By Michael Monroe Recently I came across an Adoptive Families Magazine article entitled Band-Aid Mom. In the article, Wendy Flemons, an adoptive mom, asks this important question – “Can a Band-Aid do more than heal a physical wound?” As simple…… Read More |
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She Who Truly Lovesposted on March 6, 2011 By Miroslav Volf The first thing I saw was a tear–an unforgettable giant tear in the big brown eye of a ten-year-old girl. Then I saw tears in her mother’s eyes. In these tears, just enough joy was mixed with…… Read More |