Reflections in Real Time

First of all a shout-out to Adoption Mosaic, a groundbreaking organization led by Astrid Castro, who describes her beginnings as having been sold on the black market with her sister. Through her leadership, Adoption Mosaic has become a sacred space where adoptees can gather, share their truths, and ...

The mental health system is broken. If you’ve ever tried to get support for your child, you already know.

Waitlists stretch for months. Providers are maxed out (I wrote another blog post about the mental health system needing 5x as many child psychiatrists as we currently have). Agencies are scramb...

Melvin Hawkins Is Our Rock

There are some people who change your life just by showing up. Melvin is one of those people—for my son, and by extension, for me.

My son needed something I could never give him. Not because I didn’t love him. Not because I didn’t try. But because some things can’t be ta...