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Teen Adoptees are “Somewhere Between”
Marisha reviews a film about 4 American teens adopted from China & is unexpectedly moved by its raw power. #adoption
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A Blessing in Disguise
by Juliet At first, it was just a twinge or two, so I ignored it. As a dancer, I was used to pain, from blistered toes to cramped muscles. But after 15 performances of The Nutcracker in December left...
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Special Delivery: A Message Sent into the Blue Beyond
Lisa shares the way her family acknowledges their daughter's birth parents on her birthday.
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Was She Suggesting I Monitor Friendships by Race?
by Lisa DeNike Ercolano This happened 13 years ago, but I still think about it, because I believe it says something about how white Americans, myself included, tend to think about race. Juliet was a...
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What Do People Say to the Parents of Adoptees (in Transracial Families)? This...
This video captures some very realistic moments! These comments get very annoying to parents (although they can be very funny, too). If you have made any of these comments yourself, try to think...
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What about the Rights of Adoptees?
by Luanne When the kids were little, my husband and I were very engaged in adoption events and issues, but as the kids got older and we followed them in wrestling and roller hockey and dance and voice...
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Gifts to the World: Animal Art
DWLA Introduces Two Young Artists * * Teen Artist Cadence Moffitt Cadence Wren Moffitt was born in China in March 1998. She was adopted in October 1998. She lives in Alaska with her mother and sister,...
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“But how are you going to understand her when she starts to talk?”
by Lisa Ercolano Juliet had only been part of our family for two weeks when I got my first introduction to the confusion and curiosity that international/trans-racial adoption can spark in some people....
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Pain on Every Page
By Adoptive Parent I logged onto Amazon.com a few weeks ago, searching for some good guidebooks about my child’s birthplace: the People’s Republic of China. As I perused the offerings, I glanced down...
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Back to Where She Once Belonged
by Lisa DeNike Ercolano I had only been Juliet’s mother for a few hours before I started thinking about how my husband and I would have to help her stay connected to her Chinese heritage. “We have to...
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Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part II: The Monuments
Story by Lisa DeNike Ercolano Photos by Juliet Ercolano (photo of Lisa and Juliet was taken by Tim, their guide; photo of Juliet was taken by Lisa) Read Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part I Part II:...
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Adopted Documentary
Reblogged from adoptedfromchina: Adoption is so complicated—there are so many different ways to look at it. Until recently, the subject was only in the back of my mind because it would make me sad to...
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Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part III: The Foster Home
Read about the trip Lisa and Juliet too to China in Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part I Read about the monuments in Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part II Part III: The Foster Home Story by Lisa...
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Back to Where She Once Belonged, Part V: The Finding Place
SHE ONCE WAS LOST, BUT NOW SHE’S FOUND by Lisa DeNike Ercolano Photos by Juliet Ercolano (photos of Juliet by Lisa) For years, we’ve had the story wrong. I am not sure whether I heard it wrong or the...
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The Children of Alenah’s Home
Story and photographs by Juliet Ercolano This summer, I traveled to China for the second time in as many years. My purpose was to volunteer as a temporary “ayi” (caretaker) at Alenah’s Home for a two...
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