Sometimes I wonder if pregnancy were an option for me if the decision to add children to our family would not be such a never-ending conversation.  Right now at this very moment I want more children.  I want Eva to have a sister, because I had five of them and they are the reason for my sanity, and my insanity come to think of it.  But I still don’t know what I would do without them, I surely would not be the person I am today.

To give Eva a sister is not the only reason I ...

See this sweet girl right here?  This is my daughter.  Evangeline Delia.  She was born in Guatemala.  She has another mother that loves her and grew her in her stomach for nine months.  Another mother that didn’t feel like she would have enough money to feed, clothe, and house her.  So she made the heart-wrenching decision to place ...

She, like many of us who have adopted from Guatemala, felt compelled to help the children there.  Infants and children living in orphanages who have no other option.  Unfortunately the government there does very little for these places.  So it takes people like Julia to to really make a difference and give these children a chance.

Right now her organization Global Orphan Team is having a raffle with some awesome prizes.  Here’s where it gets interesting.  ...

Since most people who have not been touched by adoption are not familiar with adoption-friendly language I thought I would post a few pointers.
I know that for me before I became an adoptive mother I had no idea that saying certain things could be incorrect or hurtful.
-Family’s who have adopted do not just have “adopted children” they are “adoptive families”. It is a title the whole ...