Words2Mother: Reflections and Diatribes

Reflections and diatribes is real time exploration of the twists and turns of parenting in adoption and/or foster care. The author is an adoption professional, an adoptee and adoptive parent. The goal is to explore and inspire commitment and support adopted people and placements.
Fri Jul 1

At the heart of every adoption:

A family has been torn apart.

A child has lost his bearings in the world; often its childhood identity and innocence as well.

Parent(s) devastated by the loss of their child and/or their role in it carrying scars forward for future generations.

A new family dynamic is forged under duress, always seeking acceptance based many times on a foundation of spoken and unspoken denial, lies, self-deception and misinformation.

Adoption is not having a baby. We…