Instant Family (+ Review)
I recently saw the new Hollywood holiday, feel-good movie, Instant Family, about Pete and Ellie, played by Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, who take in three children through a foster […]
Tag Archives: adoption
I was Not Touched by Adoption and Other Final NAAM Thoughts
Some of you have probably seen this optional Facebook profile picture template used by people in your personal networks to promote November as National Adoption Month and National Adoption Awareness […]
The Nine People You Meet on a Cruise
Unlike the five people you meet in heaven, the nine people you meet on a cruise are people you don’t want to meet. A couple of months ago, I went […]
Unlearning How To Be A Good Person
When I was in late high school and applying to colleges, people would often ask me what I wanted to study or what I thought I might do professionally. As […]
Every Year on Your Birthday (Review)
Every Year On Your Birthday Authors: Rose Lewis, Jane Dyer (Illustrator) Ranking: ★★★★☆ Plot Summary: This is the sequel to I Love You Like Crazy Cakes and is a beautiful narrative […]
20 Years of KAAN – 2018
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in my fourth Korean American Adoptee and Adoptive Family Network (KAAN) Conference in the last five years. This was the last KAAN […]
Spanish Blood
By Selena Pruitt – Paraguayan adoptee, grad student-to-be My best friend Natalie and I landed in Barcelona on a chilly Friday evening, the horizon glimmering with the falling rays of the setting […]
The Trauma of Familial Separation
Around the U.S., people have been outraged by the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their families when detained at the southern border. Our nation’s collective heart broke when […]
What Would You Do: Onlooker Harasses Parent with Different Race Child (+ Response)
Every family through transracial adoption has experienced inappropriate comments by onlookers in mundane, public settings like the grocery store, small shops, or like in this video, a restaurant. The nature of transracial […]
Not Quite Narwhal (Review)
Not Quite Narwhal Author and Illustrator: Jessie Sima Ranking: Plot Summary: “Growing up in the ocean, Kelp has always assumed that he was a narwhal like the rest of his family. […]
