Apologies for being absent here. Things at work are very serious at the moment, and the stress of waiting to know if I'm going to have a job here next year or not has pretty much reduced me to a stressed-out wreck. I won't find a comparable job in...

Must read: A generation fights to reform adoption laws. I understand this far too well: They found that in some cases an orphan hojeok (family registry) is produced for a child sent for international adoption, even if the child has a family....

From the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a new report on adult adoptee identity issues: Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. From the study's website: The principal recommendations of the 112 page study...

20 Jahre Mauerfall - the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If ever an event gives me hope for the future, it's this one. I wish I could have been there then. And I wish I could be there now.

I read something recently on an adoptive parent's blog that's been keeping the wheels turning this week. I'm not going to link to the blog in question unless permission is granted (if you figure out who you are, please leave a comment or send an...