Knowing and accepting that many things are true at the same time makes living in the mess a lot more peaceful.
If you allow “and” to roll up its sleeve and get to work, this sweet little word will usher in an evolved and expansive perspective of the world.
-- Life's Messy, Live...
Summary: There are practices we don't tolerate with living kidney donation that we barely give any thought to in infant adoption.
Where do both of these scenarios unfold? In hospitals. Just like birthing centers can take cues from best practices in hospice care, they can also learn much from...
Dear Kate,
Just over 20 years ago, I was just like you. I was fresh off the roller coaster of infertility and adopting a baby girl. Open adoption was new and I was all in. The idea of it was spectacular, inclusive, loving, but my motives were so centered on myself, my expectations and...
I watched a toll road being added on to the highway near my house. Months and months of construction and lots of promises of quick completion. I run a small non-profit. My time is rarely worth paying the extra 5 to 10 bucks to get somewhere 10 minutes faster. As the toll road went in, I...
Have you heard of Georgia Tann, the notorious child trafficker between 1924 and 1950? Wikipedia lists her number of victims at 5000+ during her active baby stealing years! I became familiar with her horrid ways recently from reading Before and After: The Incredible Real Life Stories of Orphans...
Why are kidney more important than newborn babies?
Awhile back, I was working full time as the Adoption Liaison at Parker Adventist Hospital in Douglas County, Colorado. We had created the first and only hospital-based adoption support program in the nation and it was my job to connect with...
Many hospitals are well equipped to handle intense grief – ranging from the earliest neonatal losses to the death of an elderly person who has lived a long and full life.
But what about the ambiguous loss that occurs for mothers who place their living babies in the arms of another?...
