The Photo That Brought Us Back: An Adoption Story About Second Chances and Family

cook dinner as a team. We take turns reading the last chapter aloud. We say please and thank you. We refuse to measure our home against the past. We measure it against the child who laughs in the hallway and sleeps with a bear under his chin.

Most nights, before I turn off the light, I pause for one look at the photo on the wall. The frame is not fancy.continue reading …