Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other

Author: Scott Simon

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2010-08-24

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 0679604162

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In this warm, funny, and wise new book, NPR’s award-winning and beloved Scott Simon tells the story of how he and his wife found true love with two tiny strangers from the other side of the world. It’s a book of unforgettable moments: when Scott and Caroline get their first thumb-size pictures of their daughters, when the small girls are placed in their arms, and all the laughs and tumbles along the road as they become a real family. Woven into the tale of Scott, Caroline, and the two little girls who changed their lives are the stories of other adoptive families. Some are famous and some are not, but each family’s saga captures facets of the miracle of adoption. Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other is a love story that doesn’t gloss over the rough spots. There are anxieties and tears along with hugs and smiles and the unparalleled joy of this blessed and special way of making a family. Here is a book that families who have adopted—or are considering adoption—will want to read for inspiration. But everyone can enjoy this story because, as Scott Simon writes, adoption can also help us understand what really makes families, and how and why we fall in love.

Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other
Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other

Author: Scott Simon

Publisher: Random House Incorporated

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1400068495

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The NPR Weekend Edition host explores the cultural impact of adoption while sharing the story of how his wife and he adopted two daughters, in an account that also relates the experiences of other prominent figures who were adopted or became adoptive parents.

Modern Families
Modern Families

Author: Joshua Gamson

Publisher: NYU Press

Published: 2015-09-10

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 1479843253

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A personal, intimate account of the extraordinary ways that today’s families are being created. From adoption and assisted reproduction, to gay and straight parents, coupled and single, and multi-parent families, the stories in Modern Families explain how individuals make unconventional families by accessing a broad range of technological, medical and legal choices that expand our definitions of parenting and kinship. Joshua Gamson introduces us to a child with two mothers, made with one mother’s egg and the sperm of a man none of them has ever met; another born in Ethiopia, delivered by his natural grandmother to an orphanage after both his parents died in close succession, and then to the arms of his mother, who is raising him solo. These tales are deeply personal and political. The process of forming these families involved jumping tremendous hurdles—social conventions, legal and medical institutions—with heightened intention and inventiveness, within and across multiple inequities and privileges. Yet each of these families, however they came to be, shares the same universal joys that all families share. A companion for all those who choose to navigate the world of modern kinship, Modern Families provides a “fascinating look at the remarkable range of experiences that is broadening the very idea of family” (Booklist).

Hand to Hold
Hand to Hold

Author: JJ Heller

Publisher: WaterBrook

Published: 2021-07-20

Total Pages: 41

ISBN-13: 0593193253

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This heartwarming picture book reassures children that a parent’s love never lets go—based on the poignant lyrics of JJ Heller’s beloved lullaby “Hand to Hold.” “May the living light inside you be the compass as you go / May you always know you have my hand to hold.” With delightful illustrations and an engaging rhyme scheme, this book offers the promise of security and love every child’s heart longs to know. From skipping stones and counting stars to climbing trees and telling stories, every moment is wrapped snugly in the certain warmth of a parent’s presence and God’s blessing. With poignancy and joy, this bedtime read captures the unconditional love parents want their children to know but so often fail to express amid the chaos of daily life.

The Imprint of Another Life
The Imprint of Another Life

Author: Margaret Homans

Publisher: University of Michigan Press

Published: 2013-07-18

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0472118889

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How adoption and its literary representations shed new light on notions of value, origins, and identity

The Philosophical Parent
The Philosophical Parent

Author: Jean Kazez

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-06-01

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0190652624

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Becoming parents draws us into philosophical quandaries before our children have even been born. Why do most of us want to have children? Should we make new people, despite life's travails and our crowded world? Is adoptive parenthood just the same as biological parenthood? Once children arrive, the questions start to be a mix of the profound and the practical. Should we share our lifestyle with our children, no matter how unusual? Should we vaccinate and may we circumcise? Should we encourage gender differences? Tracing the arc of parenthood from the earliest days to the college years and beyond, Jean Kazez explores 18 questions for philosophical parents, applying the tools of philosophy and drawing on personal experience. The Philosophical Parent offers a novel account of the parent-child relationship and uses it to tackle a variety of parenting puzzles, but more than that, Kazez celebrates both having children and philosophical reflection. Her book provides a challenging but cheerful companion for thoughtful parents and parents-to-be.

Working with Adoptive Parents
Working with Adoptive Parents

Author: Virginia M. Brabender

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1118416155

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Practical techniques for guiding parents through the stages of adoption and beyond Editors Virginia Brabender and April Fallon are clinical psychologists and also adoptive parents whose families are acquainted with both the uncertainty and joy of adoption. In Working with Adoptive Parents, they offer an in-depth treatment of the distinctive needs, feelings, impulses, expectations, and conflicts that adoptive parents experience through the stages of adoption and beyond. This volume offers a comprehensive picture of adoption through an exploration of the experiences and developmental processes of the adoptive parent. Featuring contributions from mental health professionals whose careers have focused on work with families through the adoption process, this unique book: Covers the theory, research, and practice of adoptive parenting throughout the life cycle Explores the issues unique to the adoptive mother and adoptive father as they traverse the stages of parenting Offers a close look at families with special needs children Acknowledges and explores the great diversity among adoptive families and the kinship networks in which they are embedded Examines attachment issues between adoptive parent and child Providing a framework for therapists to conceptualize their work with adoptive parents, Working with Adoptive Parents clarifies and facilitates the journey that many of these families face.

I Walk Beside My Husband as a Proud Black Woman in America
I Walk Beside My Husband as a Proud Black Woman in America

Author: Kenneth E. Murrey

Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 1638854602

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Not for the fainthearted, this book is a true story about Regina and Ken and their experiences throughout their sixty years of marriage and life and the ups and downs of making a living.

The Difference Between You and I
The Difference Between You and I

Author: Gabby Vazquez

Publisher: Writers Republic LLC

Published: 2023-05-05

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Payton Liss has always lived in between the lines of what society wanted her to be. Feeling like she is the anchor that keeps her family steady, she has always put other people’s needs before hers which plays into her depression and insomnia. All her life she has felt suffocated by her parents’ pressures that she must be the perfect child. Thinking that after her senior year she could just go away to college so she wouldn’t have to feel suffocated by her family anymore, Payton makes sure that nothing gets in the way of her leaving this town and her own trauma behind. She wants to move away to discover who she truly is and what she truly wants in life. She doesn’t want to feel stuck anymore. Turns out it’s not working as well as she thought it was. Kade Matthews didn’t know what to expect from this new town. All he knew is that he wanted to start over. He wanted to forget about everything him and his mom went through in his childhood and finally heal. What he didn’t expect was to meet Payton. Little did they know that meeting each other would’ve been the best and worst thing that could happen to them. With both of their past revealing themselves and the feelings they are building for each other, it is making it harder for Payton to decide what is best for her and what she really wants.