Bringing Asha Home by Uma Krishnaswami. Illustrations by Jamel Akib I am not an adoptive mother or child. Yet, there is something about this book that instantaneously connects with me. So much so, that every time I read it to my son, I cannot do so with getting emotional. Premise: An interracial couple made up of…
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Meet the Author: Uma Krishnaswami on Bringing Asha Home
Multi-award-winning children’s book author, and writer Uma Krishnaswami has written on a variety of topics, spoken to audiences across North America and Asia, and has had her books translated into 11 languages. In our interview, we asked Uma specifically about her book, Bringing Asha Home, a book, primarily about an interracial couple and their biracial…
7 Ways to Honor your Adopted Child’s Transracial Identity
Happy National Adoption Awareness Month! As I look back so fondly on our adoption experience, I want to share some lessons that have come out of our multicultural family, created through transracial adoption.
Adopting Internationally as an Expat Intercultural Couple
Neil and Ulla are a British Polish family residing in Belgium. They have started the process of intercountry adoption and the narrative below is a peek into what it takes to adopt internationally against the uncertainty of Brexit. Our experiences as a British-Polish expat family are perhaps somewhat different from many (though not all) ex-pats…
Our Journey To Destiny: A Story Of International Adoption
Chiara Battistelli and her husband are Italian. They live in Belgium and they adopted their son, Destiny, from South Africa. Read their international adoption story.
8 Things You Should Not Say to Adoptive Families
Don’t get me wrong, we don’t mind talking about our family. We love that, actually. But people ask really personal questions that wouldn’t otherwise be asked. Here are 8 things you should never say to adoptive families.