by carrie | Aug 3, 2015 | Adoption, Parenting
Note from Carrie: My new piece for Brain, Child Magazine: “As we walked through the store, I thought about how simple and freeing my daughter’s answer was. In one sentence, she managed to dispose of the question that always stumps me. It felt good not to have to...
by carrie | Feb 8, 2015 | Adoption, Parenting
Note from Carrie: Adoption.net is sharing my piece about post-adoption depression. SUCH an important topic. For any of you adoptive mamas out there who are struggling, hang in there. You will be okay. “Jeanne Marie Johnson, 35, of Portland, Ore., had a happy...
by carrie | Dec 3, 2014 | Adoption, Parenting
Note from Carrie: Brain, Child Magazine is featuring my newest piece on adoption. “I tell her, ‘Very few people get such a concrete glimpse into an alternate life that they could be living. But you do, and I’m sure that it makes you have many different...
by carrie | May 10, 2013 | Adoption, Parenting
Note from Carrie: Thanks to HuffPost for asking me to write this essay about being an adoptive mother! Motherhood is an interesting job. I find that I grow up alongside each child. Now, I am the mother of a newborn. Now, I am the mother of a 5-year-old. Now, I am the...
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