Madonna’s life seems glamorous 24/7 — she’s a pop star of the highest degree and has been successful in so many ventures. However, that’s not to say that Madonna’s life is perfect. She recently opened up to People.com about being a mother and the emotional stress and lows of adopting her children from Malawi. Madonna […]
Janelle (12) and Elijah (10) have been living with Courtney and Tom Gilmour for the last three years and were excited to find out that they would soon be adopted by the Gilmours. However, the two kids weren’t aware of the exact date of their adoption. The Gilmours decided to take the whole family to […]
By Kaitlin Stanford It’s official: Madonna has added to her brood (times two!). The singer announced on Instagram Wednesday that she’d recently adopted two orphaned sisters from Malawi, in a heartfelt post to her 8.7 million followers. Though their names have yet to be released, PEOPLE reports that the sisters are 4-year-old twins. Madonna posted a sweet photo of herself walking […]
By: Amber Leventry For the last 15 years, the Saturday before Thanksgiving has also been known as National Adoption Day. This one day in November is not just a Saturday to tackle the grocery list, prepare the house for holiday guests, or pack the car for a trip to see relatives. It is a day–this […]
By Meika Rouda I don’t usually like to celebrate my birthday. I don’t know why it is such a big deal, it is just another day. And since I eat cake more often than I should and shop diligently online late at night when no one is watching, I don’t need extra calories or presents. […]
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By: Lauren Jankowski Not that long ago, I was reviewing some work and got distracted by a common element that turns up in just about every story I’ve written: separated siblings. It struck me because although this was completely unintentional, it clearly reflects an important, but still unknown, part of my life. As I’ve previously […]
Feature Article for The Next Family By: Mark Hagland My name is Mark. I am 51 years old. (GULP!) I am a member of the first wave of Korean adoptees. I came to the U.S. in 1961 at the age of eight months and was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by parents of Norwegian and German ethnic […]
By: Meika Rouda The most difficult part of adoption for most people is waiting to be matched. For my husband and me the waiting was excruciating. I felt that once we decided to adopt, the process should be quick and easy since we had already waited so long to become parents while trying to get […]
By Lauren Jankowski Recently I led a discussion in my Gender and Culture class on a chapter from “Families We Choose” by Kath Weston. The chapter was entitled “Exiles from Kinship” and it was about how the Bay Area gay and lesbian community began constructing their own families in the 80s. These created families challenged […]
