What adoption costs

What adoption costs

Looking at the fees and expenses associated with adoption can be overwhelming. How can anyone afford to adopt? The dollar sign is big, but make no mistake, that is not what adoption costs. Adoption costs more than what money can buy, because adoption is an all or...
Adopting a Child with Down Syndrome

Adopting a Child with Down Syndrome

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Tina Salvador for a summer series highlighting writers who focus on disability. In this post Tina shares about adopting a child with Down syndrome.  Our story is not the story of a family pregnant with a child and receiving...
The last time

The last time

I walk across the brown hallway. The yellowish dim lights of the orphanage cast shades as I make my way through the door. On my hip, my new daughter rests awkwardly, we haven’t figured out how we fit together yet. I break out of the building, scared. I know Nina is...