Dearest readers -

It’s been so very long since I updated or added new content on this blog. At this time I don’t plan to write any new updates after this post, but will keep the site online in the hopes that the archived information might be be helpful to someone else (or at least an interesting story!)

I’ve stopped blogging about adoption for several reasons – because it’s been ten years since adopting my son from Ukraine most of the information found herein is out-of-date and/or incorrect for 2010. During the last ten years the process by which I became an adoptive parent as well as the adoption laws themselves have changed drastically. Much of my adoption journey is now obsolete, aside from it being a special personal story we share with our family and son.

As this blog evolved as time passed, so have my viewpoints about adoption, adoptees, adoptive parenting, and natural vs. adoptive families. I don’t consider myself a hypocrite for having a different opinion or an opposing viewpoint from that which I once held – I feel, quite simply, that I’ve learned and grown from the experiences I’ve had and my thoughts are now oftentimes different than they were before becoming a parent.

I also feel very strongly that my son’s story is his (and his alone) to tell as he chooses. He has grown into a very amazing young man with a keen insight about himself that I’ve seldom seen even in adults… one day he will tell you how he feels about adoption from his point of view and I believe he will tell it better than I ever could. In the meantime, I’m here to be his mom and protect his privacy.

May the best of luck come to you… Thanks for all the great years of adoption-related communication!

Krissi