To Sing Frogs Chapter 4d
Amy’s sobs dissipated while she desperately listened for my response to her pleas. She experienced the same humming buzz I met when I first... Read More →
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When Denney Learned the Truth
As Seen on Adoption.net “Get him a stress ball!” they said. “It will help him!” they said. My son, Denney was ten when he finally mustered the... Read More →
A Child is Even More Tired of Waiting for You
My wife, Amy and I had three sons biologically before her childbearing days were over. We had always dreamed of having daughters to go along with... Read More →
Is Adoption Better or Worse Than a Real Family?
As Seen In Huffington Post Okay, I admit it. It was a trick question. What is the fixation with the word “real?” Who are the “real” parents;... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 4b
It wasn’t like I didn’t want to adopt those two children. I did. I really did. There were still a million things that could go wrong. Even if the... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 4a
Chapter 4 Building a House on Sand It was obvious that the snapshot was not taken by a professional. The photo’s only purpose was to... Read More →
Whoosh! There Went my New Year’s Resolution.
The road to hell, good intentions… blah blah blah. I had a lot of things I needed maintain, even get ahead on over the next several months... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3e
Even Amy was beginning to dig deeper in the questioning. “How does your adopted child get along with the others?” “They’re just like any... Read More →
Never Give up Hope
(As Seen on Adoption.net) Never give up hope. But when you do give up hope, never give up trying. Emily was our challenge. We knew she would be... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3d
I pity the idiot who asks any stay-at-home-mother with four kids if she has a job. After removing a pair of six-inch scissors from his ear, I... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3c
I’m not sure I have a better idea for how to run adoptions. Even so, the ambiance bothered me. These were children. Not cars! They weren’t... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3b
Mindy’s Texas-based agency was happy to add us to their list of clients after we had read and agreed to the terms of their contract. A line in... Read More →
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