While raising Jane does present extra challenges, I have found that having a deaf child is actually advantageous. While I am normally a bigger fan…
Tag: adoption
I admit I craft an image of myself as a relentlessly cheerful person. Most of the time, this is the truth. Most of the time,…
When we happened to bump into a group of new acquaintances a few months ago, I could feel Jane tugging at my hand, wiggling with…
A “love squeeze” is what my mom called a hand squeeze that means “I love you.” Love squeezes are especially useful during car rides, the…
It was one week before summer vacation, three days after a dear friend’s funeral, seven months and one week after Christina and Jane moved in…
When I first met Jane, she didn’t have any language. She sparkled with intelligence and interest in the world around her. She invented games with…
I pressed my back against the bathroom door as he flailed against me, then threw himself against the tub. He said he hated me. He…
A friend recently told me that I talked about wanting to adopt children when I was in high school. I don’t recall that clearly. I…
It was warm for a morning in early January. Fog blanketed the vineyards below us, but the buttery sun was already unraveling it thread by…