Family The Other Side: Reflections on Motherhood at the Holocaust Museum
Rachel Klein on her only visit to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, made years ago when she was on the threshold of parenthood.
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Family “All White,” All Hers: Rebuilding My Adoption Story
Katie Klabusich on how she finally learned the whole truth about her adoption origin story, and how it explained so many things about her childhood.
Family My Father, the Church, and Why I Left
Mindy Hung on her childhood church and her own journey towards atheism.
Family A Guide to Missing Australian Christmas
"Miss waking up on Christmas Day and launching yourself into the sea, shrieking with your sisters and brother, the sun hot on your shoulders."
Family “Please correct”: Editing My Mother’s English
Jasmine Riad on the task of correcting her mother's English and the challenge of finding the right words when dealing with ignorance.
Family “Remember who your real family is”: On Openness in Adoption
On openness in adoption, and the messages adopted kids often receive about where they belong.
Family “I never asked for this”: On Adoption, Luck, and Thankfulness
Matthew Salesses on adoption, family, and gratitude without obligation.
Family I’m Glad My Birthmom Had a Choice
"It is profoundly disturbing to imply that adopted kids should feel lucky to be alive."
Family “Suffer the Little Children”: Adoption and Toxic Gratitude
Ana Guay on her experiences as an adoptee, and the damaging effects of always being told to feel grateful for adoption.
Family Why the Trend of Adoption Crowdfunding Makes Me So Uncomfortable
On adoption crowdfunding campaigns, who they benefit, and what else is at stake.
Family Shelters and Storms: Growing Up with My Dad
"I understood that I would forever be scared of the things I loved the most, and that boats sail upon oceans, bodies from which you should never turn away."
Family The Legion of Decency: Running a Movie Theater in the 1950s
Mary J. Breen remembers her parents' time as movie theater proprietors, and the fear of Godless Hollywood in her Catholic childhood.
Family The Power of Storytelling: Watching All My Children with My Mom
Val Wang on her mother's history and faulty memory, and how familiar stories and 'All My Children' provided needed touchstones in her life.
Family Learning the Controls: How Nintendo Helped Me Live with Asperger’s Syndrome
"A game gives you a world you’re meant to understand": The author on how his love of Nintendo helped him navigate his childhood with Asperger's Syndrome.
Family Things No One Tells You About Cancer
Kate Andries on what people did and didn't tell her when she was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 23.
