*Reunion

This weekend we had a reunion. It was the best kind, where nobody was showing off, and nobody dreaded being seen as a loser, the very thought of such a thing, in the context, being preposterous. It was the kind of reunion that makes people wish they saw each other more often, and regret having [...]

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*Mothering

This is one of my favourite songs. When I listen to it, I am singing it to all the unmothered places in myself. And I am singing it as a promise to my children whose first year was in an orphanage.

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*Monday June 29/09

The Great Wall of China (6), originally uploaded by g_heyde.

Today’s picture is in honour of my older daughter’s Gotcha Day. Ten years ago, today, my husband and I were standing in the hallway of a hotel in Nanchang waiting for the elevator to open. We had travelled seventeen hours to Beijing, stayed overnight and flown [...]

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*Same Sex Adoption

I am all for adoption by a loving family however that is constituted. And so is Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany. When two penguins refused to take care of their egg, constantly rolling it away, the zookeeper gave the egg to a gay couple, and the penguin fathers are doing a magnificent job of caring for [...]

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*True Love

In honour of the day: if you look at this picture, you’ll see my eyes as I was holding my older daughter and receiving into my arms my younger daughter in Hefei, China: Sept/02. And from micro to macro: the heart nebula.

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The Lucky Ones

The Lucky Ones: Our Stories of Adopting Children from China edited by Ann Rauhala. This book was a labour of love for me and all of the contributors. One of my favourite stories in the anthology is about the family whose roof collapsed during the blizzard of 99, just before they left for China. Luckily [...]

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