by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Recently I wrote about NPR’s exclusion of an adoptee’s voice in a piece about Transracial Adoption. This past Sunday NPR did add the perspective of an adult transracial adoptee by interviewing Chad Goller-Sojourner. You may be familiar with his work...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
January 31st, 2014 is Lunar New Year (also known as Chinese New Year and Spring Festival). We celebrate each year with a visit to Lan Su Chinese Garden, attendance at local cultural events to see the always beloved Lion or Dragon Dances, lanterns, rolling fruit, lucky...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Yesterday I asked my daughter about joining a tween adoptee group. The group gets together to watch movies, hang out, and debrief together both their adoption stories and their voices reflected in the movies and media around them. She jumped at the chance. “Mom, that...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
No, no this post is not political. At least, I don’t intend it to be. Rather I want this post to be a rallying cry for understanding. Over the past few weeks, within the circles I run, Mitt Romney has been a rampant source of conversation. I will admit to you,...
by Stephanie | Articles, Blended Life
Back in September my oldest daughter and I were listening to the news in the car when we heard about Tiana Parker. A seven-year-old excluded from school for lacking ‘presentable’ hair. We learned that little Ms. Parker’s...
