Can I Get a Venti Cup of Ignorance, Flavored with Assumption, Please?
by Marisha (Originally posted August 3, 2012) Although I said the next few posts would be about the business, I thought I would lighten it up by telling you a story that happened in L.A. my first year...
View ArticleA Magical Experience
by Marisha Hello Friends! I haven’t updated our readers in a while, but I wanted to say a quick hello! I just finished doing a production of one of my favorite shows, Chicago, at North Birch Park...
View ArticleOff-Broadway Makes The Call, About Adoption and Race, Opening April 14 –...
Guest blogger Lisa Ercolano sent us a copy of this Playbill article. We can’t wait to read the reviews on this production about international adoption. If any readers get a chance to see the play,...
View ArticleI’m Looking Forward to the New Film of Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem
by Luanne I’ve written on here about the film project Geographies of Kinship by filmmaker and Korean adoptee, Deann Borshay Liem. The photo below is a link to the home page for Liem’s project. A...
View ArticleYou Can’t Always Trust a Kid’s Reaction
by Luanne The other day I had a discussion with a few people on our Facebook page about an article in Adoption Voices Magazine that guest blogger Lisa posted. But this blog post isn’t about that...
View Article10 Ways You Might Be Letting Down Your Adopted Child
by Luanne Do you have the best intentions to raise your adopted child in the best possible way you can? If so, you’re like most of us adoptive parents. In the case of international and transracial...
View ArticleSmore Stories – Daring To Journey Through Adoption..
by Luanne Tara Bradford has initiated an exciting new series on her blog. As an adoptee and an adoptive mother, she has a wealth of experience from both perspectives which can inspire and enrich the...
View ArticleThe Power of Naming
Menomama3, who blogs about adoption issues as well as about her family, sent me a link to a video which comments well on the power of naming and how that affects this poet who was adopted as a young...
View ArticleWhat Do People Say to the Parents of Adoptees (in Transracial Families)? This...
This video captures some very realistic moments! These comments get very annoying to parents (although they can be very funny, too). If you have made any of these comments yourself, try to think...
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