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Book Review: Tell Me Again About the Night I Was Born
As someone who is a huge fan of good literature for children and happens to be an aspiring writer for children, I am sometimes offended when a celebrity “writes” a children’s book and then sells a...
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Book Review: An Empty Lap
In my last post, Deciding to Adopt a Child: Reluctant Spouse, I talked about the stress that the adoption process can put on a marriage, particularly when one spouse is ready to adopt but the other is...
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Book Review: Ten Days and Nine Nights
I recently wrote about involving the children already in your home in the adoption process. I was mainly speaking of older children as it can be a hard concept for younger children to grasp. I’ve...
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Giveaway: Ten Days and Nine Nights
I recently reviewed the book Ten Days and Nine Nights by Yumi Heo here on the Hoping to Adopt blog. In case you missed it (go read), it’s a children’s book written with the intent of helping children...
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An Interview with an Adoption Author (+ Winners!)
I was lucky enough to get an interview with Yumi Heo, author of the wonderful book for children, Ten Days and Nine Nights. The book itself, reviewed last month on our site, is a beautifully drawn,...
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Begin at the Beginning
The question always comes up: Where should I start? And the answer is always the same: Research, research, research! I researched adoption for two years. My husband and I were married in 2002. We told...
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Why Parents Hoping to Adopt Should Read The Primal Wound
If you don’t know, we’re giving away three copies of the book The Primal Wound in hopes that people will participate in a blog tour on the book during National Adoption Month. Our giveaway, while...
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Book Review: A Love Like No Other
I recently wrote a brief post recommending some books for adoptive parents. One of them is A Love Like No Other: Stories from Adoptive Parents. I read it back in 2005. I started reading it again...
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Book Review: You Can Adopt
I love Adoptive Families magazine! I read every issue cover to cover. I even read the ads. Last year, they announced they would be publishing You Can Adopt: An Adoptive Families Guide, by Susan...
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The First Thirteen, by Jana Wolff
Back in January, I wrote a review of the book A Love Like No Other. In it, I said I disliked the essay “The First Thirteen”, by Jana Wolff. Ms. Wolff actually emailed me about it, in a very classy way,...
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