In adoption chicken always come home to roost. If that saying doesn't resonate with you, chances are you're not from Texas or you've never adopted. (Or maybe you just don't like chickens?) Regardless, though, the meaning should be clear. In this lifetime, anything we...
When it comes to adoption expectations, there's a lot to be said-- and so much more to be thought through. Adoption expectations can be frisky 'lil critters. See, it's fine to be hopeful, but it's not okay to be presumptuous. And while it's good to be positive, it's...
My name is Elizabeth Jurenovich, and I spent last Wednesday in Austin, begging for change in adoption laws here in the great State of Texas. I almost didn't go, to tell the truth. I've been to the Texas Legislature before, begging for change in adoption. I've written...
Solving adoption mysteries can seem like opening Pandora's box. Learning the truth might feel both freeing and frightening at times. Now, if you're just wondering who Pandora was and what was up with her box, click here. The expression comes from an old Greek myth....
I am adopted, and I believe in adoption. My name is Catherine Guzman, and I've had three last names in my lifetime. I had my birthmother's last name when I was born. I had my parents' last name when I was adopted as a baby through Abrazo. And I've had my husband's...
People think of baby adoption like a Hollywood romance, with a newborn at the story's center. All babies are precious, after all. What could be more romantic than a baby adoption in which people come together to "save" a child? There is plenty of love in any good...
Shouldn't Texas adoptee rights be a huge priority in the Lone Star State? Don't we brag that everything here is bigger and better? We wish we could say Texas adoptee rights are a civil rights priority for all our state lawmakers. After all, we Texans like our...
Do kids do bad things only because of adoption? The news that the latest school shooter in Florida is an orphaned adoptee has got the media abuzz. But allow us to set the record straight: this troubled teen didn’t do this because of adoption. Adoptees are...
You don’t know us, dear Katie Pladl. However, the most intimate details of your life are quickly spreading across the global media, so we feel like we know you, and we figure you could probably use some support about now. (Note to readers: this blog was published...
If there were ever two topics that were perhaps equally difficult– and important– to talk about, these would have to be adoption and race. America’s current president made a coarse reference to disadvantaged countries last week. It ironically coincided with an...
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