Family
Thirty Years After My Adoption, I Found Out I Wasn’t a US Citizen
“I hated when attention was brought to my adoptee status. I was American, and that was all I wanted to be.”
Love and Grief at the Edge of the Marsh
“When your husband is dying and your child is on the cusp of forming actual memories, nothing in the world makes sense.”
Love in the Time of Measles
“In the emergency room, my instincts exploded from protective to full-blown primal. And it felt like love.”
A New Light: How My Daughter’s Pregnancy Made Me Rethink Adoption
An unexpected pregnancy, a birth, and a family reunion.
Laissez Les Morts Temps Rouler: Goth Parenting in New Orleans
Maniacal clowns and pale men with eyes in their palms are the worst my son has to fear in life. Or so I wish.
Their Body, Themself
My child casually peeled their T-shirt off; I was the one who felt exposed.
A Conversation with Brandon
I worried that my nephew considered it too late for reconnection.
The Thing About Being Gay and Adopted
“In moments like this, natural childbirth seems like magic to me.”
Guilt
My biological sister walked me through a maze of high-rises, down a sparsely treed street, across a parking lot, through a cluttered garage, and into a shoe-filled entryway where garlic, cabbage, and the sweat-addled pungency of age struck me with uncompromising insistence. After I removed my boots, I followed her down a dim hallway towards a jagged triangle of light, the yellow rays seeping from a small room on the left. Before we arrived, she turned to me and said, “Are you ready?