Carrie and Katie on the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel
I am an artist and a writer living in Evanston. I was actually trained to exercise the other half of my brain and worked for years in the Financial Services sector after receiving an MBA in Finance from Kellogg.
But I had a change of brain after going through the harrowing process of adopting our daughter Katie, and I could no longer think in columns of numbers. I thought instead in splashes of color and shades of light and dark.
When Katie was nearly a year old, I left banking and started my own oil painting business, Artwork By Carrie. Working as an artist has allowed me to create a flexible schedule to spend more time with Katie and our two younger daughters, Annie Rose and Cleo.
This blog has grown out of my extensive research into adoption, as well as our personal experiences with Katie and her birthfamily. It covers the trials and tribulations of raising an adopted child in a family with both adopted and biological children. It also explores broader issues related to parenting in general.
In November 2010, I wrote a post called Anti-Bullying Starts in First Grade, and the response was so phenomenal that I am now writing a book on bullying prevention, intervention and reconciliation that will be published by Harper Collins in 2012.
Contact email: portraitofanadoption@gmail.com
Portrait of Annie Rose and Katie in Michigan
Oil portrait of Katie
