We’re almost halfway through the alphabet in our Transracial Adoption ABCs, and today we are up to the letter “M”.

Media – Adoption is all over the media. Sometimes it is good (here is an example of an adoption story I thought was very well done), and sometimes it is not so good (here is an example of an adoption article I did not think... more

I said I was going to write about the blessings and the “good things” about transracial adoption, and I was planning on it and looking forward to it, but today there is another topic that I feel I should not skip over, and need to write about today.

I was not going to write about the horrible tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech, because while it was a terrible national tragedy, it was not really relevant to transracial adoption in any way that I could see at first.

However, over the past few days, as the media has attacked this story from every angle and the stories, pictures and video are everywhere you turn, the coverage has started to have a negative effect on some transracial... more

Ok, let me preface this by saying that I have a pretty liberal sense of humor... I was raised in New York by a single dad who works in politics...

Although I am a religious gal and have become a lot more aware and sensitive to different issues as an adult, I would still say that I don't take offense easily.

Today, I am offended.

Check out this clip from Comedy Central. (But only if you haven't eaten... more

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I have to say that we are up against a lot…scrolling through the “answers” on Yahoo to this question was really disheartening and at times, nauseating. So many people don’t care, don’t want to care and don’t think anyone else should care.

More than once I saw the response that we should just let the children suffer and die…

I saw answers that said that we should let the kids in Africa die, because they are just going to grow up to be sick and spread HIV around and have more kids to suffer.

I saw answers that said we shouldn’t help anyone until evil rulers were eradicated and healthy drinking water was available to everyone, because... more

Ok, here is my answer to the question, “How can we make the world’s children a priority in 2007?” that I discussed in this post (and thanks to those of you who took the time to give me your answer.)

How do we make the world's children a priority?

I say we have to be their voice.

To make children a priority…ALL children, everywhere…they need a voice. People need to know what the children's needs are, how they are suffering, where the “systems” are failing them, which of their basic needs aren’t being met, and how they can be helped.

So often people live in their... more

Actress Alyssa Milano poses the question to the general public, “What can we do to make the world’s children a priority in 2007?”

Alyssa Milano is a UNICEF ambassador, and is one of nine celebrities and UNICEF ambassadors that have asked questions on “Yahoo!Answers” regarding the world’s children.

Here is Alyssa’s full question,

“What can we do to make the world’s children a priority in ‘07? Worldwide, 10.5 million children under 5 will die this year, most of them from easily preventable causes. What can we do to make these children a priority in 2007?"

You can find the Yahoo page with Alyssa'a question, video of her doing work with UNICEF... more

Football might not seem like it has much to do with transracial adoption, but in this case it does! After the two NFL play off games yesterday, history has been made twice. Tony Dungy, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, and Lovie Smith, head coach of the Chicago Bears are both taking their teams to the Super Bowl this year, and both head coaches are black.

This will be the first time that any African American coach has made it to the Super Bowl, and since both teams playing in the big game this year have black coaches, it will be the first time... more

I am, and have always been, a huge Disney fan. I love the movies, I love the tv shows, I love the toys, I love the books, I love Disneyland…you get the idea.

But since we started expanding our family through adoption, it is has consistently bothered me that Disney and their fabulous line of “Princesses”, adored by almost all of the little girls I know (especially my own little girls!), did not have any African or African American princesses.

We have a mermaid with red hair and fair skin, Mulan with her beautiful Chinese features, Jasmine... more

A few days ago I wrote this post on “My Favorite Christmas Special”, and I talked about the CBS special “A Home for the Holidays”.

The show aired last night, and as in years past, I watched it with my family. The show was wonderful as always…it featured heart-warming stories of children who were languishing in foster care and have now been adopted and are thriving in their new homes and families. The artists sang songs, the kids were beautiful… I cried quite a few times. A plea was made for more parents to consider adoption, and... more

Back in early September, I wrote this post about the new season of Survivor on CBS. Survivor producers decided that for its thirteenth season they would try something new, and start off the show with four “tribes” of castaways, divided by race. They had an Asian tribe, an African-American tribe, a Hispanic tribe and a Caucasian tribe.

After a lot of rambling in my earlier post, I concluded that I would have to “wait and see how it played out” before I made a judgment call.

Last night the season ended, and Yul Kwon, a 35-year old from California, was the first ever Asian-American to win the one... more