Last February, as Black History Month kicked off and the Valentine’s Day frenzy was in high gear, I found myself in a loving romantic relationship with a wonderful man and thinking about my experiences of adoption, racial identity development, and love. …

I am going to do two things I rarely do: I am going to talk out loud about how my adoption experience has made an imprint on what romantic love means to me and how I experience it. I am going to articulate exactly what I need when it comes…

While my resolutions are made in my birthday month of October, January was the perfect time to take some stock, reflect and start anew. This year as I think about the many Januaries that have come before this one, I can’t help but remember the January in early 2000 when…

I don’t recall a more critical time to truly explore and examine our identity and who we really are — as individuals and as a collective. November 2016 is nearly over and it has been a monumental month for our country, our families and ourselves. On the 8th, a…

It’s October, it’s my birthday month and as a transracially adopted person, my birthday can be a bit of a mixed bag. For me, the day I was born has extra depth, meaning, beauty and complexity. I certainly celebrate my life on this planet and the fact that I was…