Your One That Got Away

In many of the little moments and all of the big ones, I think about your first mothers. They both said they chose adoption out of love. They both said "I'm not able to be the mother I want my child to have. You are.”

birthmother, parenting, child, adoption, adoptive parentsSally BacchettaDecember 15, 2018adoption, adoptive parent, child, birthmotherComment

10 Reasons Adoptive Parents Shouldn't Change Their Child's Name

I'm unsettled when adoptive parents change their child's name from their originally given name. So much is unknown; so much is unrecoverable. Can't you let that remain intact?

adoption, birth mother, children, parentingSally BacchettaMarch 19, 2018children, child, name, adoptive parents, birth motherComment

I Have Your Socks

You've outgrown your socks again. I noticed them riding just above the bottom of your heel this morning.

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