
Essays about adoption
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Not a Celebration: National Adoption Month
Read more: Not a Celebration: National Adoption MonthWhat if I told you that infant adoption isn’t something to celebrate?
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Dumb Letter 2020
Read more: Dumb Letter 2020I just wrote my dumb letter for 2020. I do this exercise in futility every year, hoping for a different outcome every time. I spend days carefully crafting each sentence, replacing words if they seem too direct, too demanding, too pathetic. I reread it and sit with it for weeks, too afraid to put my…
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Is this your first?
Read more: Is this your first?“Is this your first!?” It’s a question I’ve heard dozens of times over the past six months, and I’m sure to hear it dozens more times over the next six. It’s a question that, for me, has so many answers.
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On her birthday
Read more: On her birthdayI took a big leap today and finally did something for Summer’s 11th birthday.
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A Childless Mother
Read more: A Childless MotherI remember sitting in my bedroom, the small room smooshed between the small living room in front and the small kitchen in back. I remember sobbing uncontrollably, holding my round belly with both hands, caressing my little one while she dozed in her peaceful bed.