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Stop Asking Me If I Have Grandchildren
“Stop asking me if I have grandchildren!” I long to scream at the blissful grandparents I encounter regularly. When they invariably go on to tell me what joy their grandkids bring them and fumble with [...]
Five Tips for Adoptive Parents from a Doula
Adoptive parents know that bringing a child into the world takes a village. So do intended parents using a gestational surrogate. But no one knows better than a doula, whose mission is to provide the [...]
Birth Mother Can Make Sure Adoptive Parents Are Qualified
How can a birth mother make sure adoptive parents are qualified to adopt? A reference letter in support of my adoption application 34 years ago gives birth mothers a sense of the in-depth and deeply personal [...]