Chance

*     *     * The Universe doesn’t play with dice. It tosses coins. One went east.  The other went west.  One needed shelter.  One needed a storm.  One could only see what should be, while the other could not escape the past. The mechanics of change forced us forward together, the fine line between here and [...]

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All that you leave behind

pic by sume If we’ve timed everything correctly and not run into any problems on the road, we will have reached our destination by now. Driving halfway across the country wasn’t something I planned to do this year.  From the moment I accepted the inevitability of going back, I knew it would be better not [...]

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The Return

yellow rose by sume Sometimes, I think it would be nice to be a tree or a stalk of wheat.  Seems like I’m always moving, always saying goodbye just when I’ve gotten to like a place.   I don’t know why that is.  Even a stalk of wheat puts down roots during its brief lifetime.  I [...]

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Dude

Kevin Minh Allen editing by sume My co-blogger and I have had some very meaningful, often profound discussions about our adoptions.  One thing I’ve always appreciated about Kevin is his ability and willingness to share his thoughts and experiences candidly.  What he offers is insight into the complexity of the male adoptee experience, the challenges [...]

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The Orphan Manufacturing Chain

via Ungrateful Bastard Who wants to buy a baby? Certainly not most people who try to adopt internationally. And yet too often that’s how their dollars and euros are being used. The idea that the developing world has millions of healthy infants and toddlers in need of new homes is a myth. In poor countries [...]

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Vietnamese expat reunites with lost mother

Bui Thi Lai Ninh of Nha Trang collapses when seeing her daughter Nguyen Thi My Lien, aka Joy My Lien Degenhardt, after 41 years. Lien was lost to an orphanage when she was one month old and adopted to US parents at age four. When they met last month Ninh fainted, but 41 years is [...]

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