Julia, a beautiful writer and beautiful soul who shared her experience as an adoptee eloquently and without judgment, passed away this week at age 25. She had leukemia, needed a bone marrow transplant, but because she didn’t have access to biological family, a match proved to be impossible.
Wishing peace for all those who loved [...]
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Julia
Posted in Adoption on June 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Overheard
Posted in Adoption, Race on May 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I teach Spanish to preschoolers a couple of times a week. Dawit came with me to class yesterday, and played and read quietly as I conducted class. I overheard this quiet conversation regarding Dawit between two four-year olds, one from Guatemala (D), one white (E):
D: Who’s he?
E: Senora’s son.
D: He has darker skin than me.
E: [...]
A perfect match
Posted in Adoption, Race on February 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Mrs. G., Dawit’s Kindergarten teacher, stopped us this morning to tell us about a class discussion. While learning about Abraham Lincoln, the 5 and 6 year olds talked about slavery. To demonstrate the idea of owning another human, Mrs. G. took one boy (his mother was in class volunteering) and pretended to pay his mother [...]
Center Stage!
Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia, Family Life on December 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In Kindergarten, each student has the opportunity to be on Center Stage for one week. It’s Dawit’s week! We made a poster with photos of him with friends and family and pets, the classroom is displaying a full-sized Ethiopian flag, and he brought in a favorite book and music.
Today, his classmates gathered around as he [...]
The Latest Addition
Posted in Adoption on December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I spent the morning with the latest addition to the Purple Folder gang. Her Sweetness has been home from Russia for 3 weeks, but her parents have been waiting for 2 years. Three trips to St. Petersburg later, she’s finally here.
She adores the pets. She has an intuition about them, and is sweet and gentle. [...]
The Purple Folder
Posted in Adoption on October 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
is in St. Petersburg! Go check it out!
They are there for a short stay, back in the States for a week and a half, and then back to Russia for the final court process, and Her Sweetness will be on her way mid-November. It’s been a long, difficult process.
Picnic
Posted in Adoption, Family Life on October 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We spent a lovely day in Masschusetts with a couple of families who have adopted from Ethiopia. Actually, it was held at “the other” Dawit’s house. And he pronounces his name DA-wit. Our Dawit is da-WEET. There were several kids there about the same ages as Dawit and Lily–they had a [...]
A court date!
Posted in Adoption on October 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Finally, some news at The Purple Folder.
Hooray!
Finally…the Anti-Racist Parent meme
Posted in Adoption, Race on September 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was tagged by Erin for the Anti-Racist parent meme. Here goes:
1. I am:
Irish, German, Austrian
2. My kid(s) are:
Lily- Irish, German, Austrian, Scottish
Dawit-Ethiopian
3. I first started thinking more about race, culture and identity when:
I’m unsure of my age, but I was just tall enough to be rummaging through the “junk drawer” in [...]
4 days ’til Kindergarten
Posted in Adoption, Family Life on August 31, 2007 | 4 Comments »
We got a list of school supplies, and at the bottom of the list is an optional letter describing your child’s learning style and/or anything else you think the teacher should know. Where to start with my Kindergartner? Here’s what I came up with:
(tissue alert, grandma)
Dear Teacher,
As you know, Dawit was born in [...]
