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Meredith Resnick, M.A., M.S.W., L.C.S.W., is a health writer and licensed social worker. She is also the mother of two adopted daughters. See full bio

August 19, 2009

Longing For Roots

Back in 2007 I read the article, "Sperm Donor Father Ends His Anonymity" Read More

August 8, 2009

Not A Natural At Motherhood? Join The Club

Motherhood did not come naturally. I used to think that was because I jumped into it midstream (given my kids' ages). Come to find out that wasn't the reason. The age thing (theirs) wasn't what made me feel more vulnerable than I ever imagined I could be, or ever wanted to be. Read More

July 29, 2009

Moral Obligations: Giving a Child Back

I love the radio program This American Life, and earlier this summer I was absolutely wowed by a story by Ted Gesing, a documentary producer in Brooklyn, NY who currently works with Frontline, the current affairs series on PBS. Ted was telling the story of Mike Nyberg, a father in Utah. (Please note, it was Mr. Nyberg who actually wowed me, and you'll quickly hear why when you listen.) Read More

July 17, 2009

One Orphan To Abandon

"You must feel desperate." "You must feel sorry for them." "You must feel sorry for yourself." "They're going to have so many more issues than a baby." "The older they are the more problems you'll have." "Are you sure you can handle their history?" "You won't have control over what they think." "Do you think they're even capable of loving you?" Read More

July 10, 2009

Do You Always Have To Be Right?

One day soon after we'd brought our kids home my older daughter was sitting in the family room looking through a book on St. Petersburg. She kept her finger on the glossy Hermitage and looked up at me.

"Mama," she said, marking a picture of something ornate. "In America you have Santa Barbara?" Read More

June 29, 2009

The Waiting - With Author Janis Cooke Newman

This is the first in an occasional series of interviews with individuals whose notable creative work encompasses a unique story of adoption, family, and love--and finding one's truth. Read More

June 20, 2009

A Mother's Take on Father's Day

I was just thinking how both our daughters were born before my husband and I even met--and how that's just kind of part of our story now. Read More

June 2, 2009

Warming the Stone Child

At the US Embassy in Russia the guard sent my husband through the metal detector, and then turned to me. "Hello, ma'am," he said. "Hello, deyavuchkas," he said, waving the security wand over the girls' heads. He sounded a little like Woody Harrelson.

"You've got some beautiful daughters there," he said, tracing the wand across my blue wool coat. Read More

May 22, 2009

It's Not About The Words--Is It?

The woman is American; the children are Russian.

It's a picnic; the woman, a mother, has asked her daughter and friends if they want to swim. Read More

May 13, 2009

Money complicated things. "So spoil them," people said.

In the beginning it was simple and then it got complicated. Read More

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