Archive for March 2017

Evolution of a Temper Tantrum, In Scraps of Paper

Scene: A family with three children enters a busy restaurant, where they are meeting their cousins for dinner. It is 5:15 pm. The six-year-old is tired and grumpy after a long but awesome day at the Adler Planetarium. Child, starting to scream: “I hate this restaurant. I’m not going to eat here.” Mother: “I’m sorry... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
March 15, 2017 at 12:33 pm • 

Preparing to Watch "This Is Us" Finale

My husband and I have been watching This Is Us with our thirteen-year-old daughter. It is not an easy show to watch. Like the parents on the show — Jack and Rebecca — my husband and I have two biological children and one child through adoption. Our thirteen-year-old was adopted as a baby – not... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
March 14, 2017 at 10:40 am • 

For My Daughter's Birth Mother: YOU Are the Ray of Light

Her light brown hair was pulled back into a ponytail. That was the first thing I noticed about M. The differences between us were glaring; we were careworn beings from two alternate worlds, suddenly thrust together in a strange, confusing universe. If a thousand terrible factors hadn’t come together in each of our lives, we would... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
March 3, 2017 at 10:49 am • 
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