It Wasn’t Love At First Sight
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The common narrative is that when you give birth, you fall in love with your baby at once.
In reality, this is a stranger you have to get to know, just like any other person. Sometimes, it’s love at first sight. Other times, it’s not.
When the Orphan Crisis Has a Name
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On that day, we saw the number, and the number became a person, and I realised: she is one of the 153 million orphans.
Not Everyone Should Foster or Adopt a Child
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May is National Foster Care Month in the U.S. I’m not going to give you numbers of how many children are in foster care or how many of them will suffer lifelong impediments as a result of their traumatic childhoods.
Instead, I’m going to share stories.
