In her book Carried Safely Home, Kristin Swick Wong reflects:

“Some people feel that adoptive families are fragile, not quite real. Adoptive families retort that we are not different. Our joys and trials are as authentic as those of any family that is genetically linked. Perhaps we do not want to be different because we do not want adoption to disrupt the flow of our... more

“In a perfect world, the ministry of adoption would cease to exist. All couples who chose to could bear a child, all people who bore children would be prepared to parent them, and all children would be love and nurtured by their biological families. Real life doesn’t always happen this way.”

Paula Freeman wrote those words in the Foreword to Kristin Swick Wong’s thoughtful book, Carried... more

On March 24, 2001, American writer Kari Grady Grossman walked into a crowded orphanage outside Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and met her eight-month-old son. One of the first questions Kari asked was, “How did he get here?” The complex and, at times, heartwrenching answer is told in her new book, Bones That Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia. Kari’s book is selling for a pre-publication price of $20 through February 20.

Four years in the making, the book encompasses Kari’s personal... more

Kathryn Porter is a recovering clutter-holic. Or, as she calls herself, a reformed clutterbug. In her book, Too Much Stuff: De-Cluttering Your Heart and Home, she candidly reveals the ultimate cost of clutter in her own life—her mother died a tragic, untimely death, partly because there was so much stuff in her house that the paramedics couldn’t get to her in time.

“In the end her... more

This morning my son came in my bedroom as I lay sprawled on my bed, gazing at the bookcase next to the bed.

"What are you doing, Mom?"

"Just looking at my books."

"Why?"

"I don't know. I just like looking at them. It makes me feel good."

I've often felt odd or weird for having such a love affair with books. Book stores are very dangerous places for me--once I go in, it's as if I've entered the black hole. I emerge hours later, glassy-eyed, pocketbook empty.

Last night I was a guest speaker for a writers'... more

Told from a journalist’s perspective, Love in the Driest Season is an understated, gut-wrenching memoir of Neely and Vita Tucker’s quest to foster and adopt a Zimbabwean child.

The story opens in 1997 Zimbabwe, where Neely Tucker is stationed as a foreign correspondent for the Detroit Free Press. His memoir offers a riveting inside look into the AIDS crisis that ravages Africa, the political and economic conditions of several... more

This is a Christian adoption blog so we’re safe to mention the word “Christmas” here. I figure, if Wal-Mart can say it, so can I! Christmas, Christmas, Christmas.

Whew, I feel much better now.

I realize some of you zealous folks have had your Christmas shopping done for months, but if you’re like me, you’re just beginning to think about gifts. I discovered the perfect gift for the young girl or grandparent on your list: Penny Love, by Lisa... more

Have you ever experienced a situation that binds your life irrevocably with that of a stranger? That’s the premise of Anne Tyler’s new novel, Digging to America.

The Place: Baltimore airport

The Date: Friday, August 15, 1997

The Event: Two families anxiously wait for their infants (whom they’re adopting from Korea)... more

Part 1: Adoption Fiction Book Review: Beyond the Blue

Part 2: A Chat with Author, Leslie Gould

Part 3: More chit-chat with Author, Leslie Gould

Part 4: Fiction... more

Part 1: Adoption Fiction Book Review: Beyond the Blue

Part 2: A Chat with Author, Leslie Gould

Part 3: More chit-chat with Author, Leslie Gould

In Part 1 of this series, I reviewed Leslie... more