After six adoptions, I have a stronger empathy with the pain that birth families experience than I have ever had before. With the pleasure of a new child I now have a larger reserve to experience the suffering their placement brings. I pray for the families more and I cry over their realities. I see that but for grace, it could be me releasing a child into a future without me -- and my heart crumbles.

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In a post two days ago, Dorothy Bode wrote in answer to those who ask the question, "Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?": The main thing I help them question is their motivations. "Is God building your family or are you trying to do it in spite of Him and in your […]

'Am I making a terrible mistake by adopting transracially?" This is one of the hardest questions that adoptive parents ask me. It is layers deep and generations long. (more...)

Teaching our transracially adopted children to embrace their racial identities is a daily, intentional and God focused part of our parenting (more...)

Transracial adoption didn't need to change my life. But I am a better parent and my family is stronger because it has. (more...)

Comments about Dorothy Bode's transracial adoption interview on NPR's Day to Day. In this May 28 interview, Dorothy discusses from her own experience the special issues facing transracial families.

Yesterday I had the opportunity of participating in the webinar that Carolina Hope's director Laura Beauvais-Godwin did for families who are considering transracial/transcultural adoption. It was a good experience for me, and I hope that those who participated gained a little insight into the world of parenting children who don’t look like us. Personally, I wish […]

When we began adopting transracially, our families were very alarmed, and they didn’t hesitate to tell us. They were concerned about us being naive and unrealistic. About our ‘perfect’ one-boy-one-girl family being rocked so hard that it would be destroyed. They pointed out that with college expenses rising we couldn’t educate more than two -- […]

There are many countries and adoption programs that are closed to our family due to our income, age, family size and ethnicity. It is probably good that they are closed, as I have been accused of a tendency toward ‘adoption addiction’ -- and it just makes it easier to find the specific paths that God […]