Dear Birth Mother, I think about you on many days, and especially on Little Bird’s birthday and Mother’s Day. Had it not been for the difficult decision you made, I would not be celebrating this day. With respect and gratitude for for the path you chose for your daughter, Little Bird’s Mama Full disclosure: I […]
Adoption
Two weeks in Yerevan with an infant
Three years ago, we spent a a couple weeks in Yerevan, Armenia, as a new family. In between obtaining a passport and visa for Baby Bird, we spent a lot of time wandering through the city. Here are a few of her favorite diversions. Listening to the soulful sound of the duduk. Our little one […]
Leaving one home to join another
Out the turquoise doors we passed, our daughter leaving one home to join another. Walk through these doors in the other direction and you enter Baby Bird’s first world, a children’s home, where she lived for the first year of her life, surrounded by the voices of nannies and other children just like her, children […]
Our 3rd Family Day!
On March 19,we stood before a judge in Gyumri to ask if one 11-month-old baby girl could join our family. The selfie we took in our hotel room, all gussied up right before court, gives you a good idea of how we were feeling. We look a tad anxious don’t we? If you’ve never been […]
Seeing our daughter again after five long months
I’ve never given birth, but I can imagine how desperately you long to meet your child after nine long months of pregnancy. However, while a pregnant mother-to-be has been with her child from the moment she was created, adoptive parents begin their relationship with their child many months later, even if they have the good […]
World Adoption Day: 11/9/14
World Adoption Day: November 9, 2014 First ever worldwide celebration of adoption. On this day we celebrate family, however it was formed. #WorldAdoptionDay Take the road less traveled, Beth
A girl from Gyumri
Three years ago we met a tiny girl from Gyumri… The girl The girl and her Dada The girl and her Mama The three of us …and a kitten Take the road less traveled, Beth
A room of her own
April 8, 2012 This is the first time our daughter set foot inside her crib. Her crib in a room of her own. I’m sure it was a shock to her, arriving at this new, strange place with sounds and smells she didn’t recognize. Big Papa and I were elated to be in our home […]
With love, to Gyumri
You can’t love a city if you have no memories buried there. ~Marina Tavares Dias Take the road less traveled, Beth
Leaving the orphanage
I will always be grateful for the care our daughter received, during the first year of her life, as a child in an orphanage. Whenever I talk with her about the nannies who watched over her, I make sure she knows they did the best they could. I’ve told her they changed her diaper, bathed […]