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Perhaps you haven’t heard about the incident at a New York City Papa John’s restaurant. A customer was treated to a lot more than her pepperoni pizza Friday evening, and she shared it via Twitter. Minhee Cho was referred to as “lady chinky eyes” by a Papa John’s employee. The racial slur was at the ...

Since my husband and I first began our adoption journey 12 years ago, many restrictions, changes and shutdowns have reshaped the adoption landscape. Today, there are fewer large “sending” countries open such as China, Guatemala, Ethiopia and Russia and more and more obscure countries emerging like Congo (DRC), Nicaragua, and Samoa. Daily the number of ...

My husband and I are currently in the process of swapping rooms around in our house. Of course, with moving things around, comes the process of going through and throwing things away. My husband is very much a "thrower" and I am very much a "saver". I am also an adoptee. As I was watching ...

For us in the United States, we are accustomed to ringing in the New Year by counting down the seconds, watching the ball drop in Times Square, partying, toasting and kissing at midnight. In Central and South America, however, they have different things on their minds on New Year’s Eve, such as the color of ...

In the United States, we know Santa Claus as the jolly old man with the big belly and a long, white beard. He lives in the North Pole with Mrs. Claus and the toy-making elves. Every year on Christmas Eve, he hitches his eight reindeer to his sleigh full of presents, and delivers the presents ...

Christmas is one of the largest celebrations in Honduras. Much of the country celebrates Christmas, as an estimated 97% of the population is Catholic. For Hondurans, like Americans, Christmas is a time of both religious significance and a time to celebrate with family and friends. Christmas is celebrated on December 24th, though the parties and ...

As the Christmas holiday is closing in, it is a time of mixed blessings for adoptive families. Many of us realize so clearly how very blessed we are, and with that realization comes the reality of how many are out there that aren’t so fortunate. We think of our child, whom we have come to ...