Here are links to a few of the resources we've found helpful, encouraging,
and thought-provoking along the way:
The blog: Jen Hatmaker
especially this: After the Airport
and this: The Truth About Adoption: One Year Later
and this, too: Fighters
aaand one more: Guest Post
The blog: Flower Patch Farmgirl
especially this: Big Adoption Series (19 parts)
The blog: Rage Against the Minivan
especially this: Nosey Questions About Mixed Race Families Get Annoying!
The blog: We Have Room
The blog: A Holy Experience
(especially this: The 1 Thing You Really Have to Know About Your Family)
This blog post: Supporting and Understanding the Adoptive Family
This article: Do I Have What It Takes to Raise an African Child?
The book: I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla, by Marguerite Wright
The book: Brown Babies, Pink Parents, by Amy Ford
The book: Parenting the Hurt Child, by Keck and Kupecky
The book: The Connected Child, by Karyn Purvis
The book: There Is No Me Without You, by Melissa Fay Greene
The book: Adopted for Life, by Russell D. Moore
The book: The Ministry of Motherhood, by Sally Clarkson
The book: To Change the World, by JD Hunter
The video: Depraved Indifference, by Eric Ludy
The video: Orphan Sunday 2011, by Christian Alliance for Orphans
especially this: After the Airport
and this: The Truth About Adoption: One Year Later
and this, too: Fighters
aaand one more: Guest Post
The blog: Flower Patch Farmgirl
especially this: Big Adoption Series (19 parts)
The blog: Rage Against the Minivan
especially this: Nosey Questions About Mixed Race Families Get Annoying!
The blog: We Have Room
The blog: A Holy Experience
(especially this: The 1 Thing You Really Have to Know About Your Family)
This blog post: Supporting and Understanding the Adoptive Family
This article: Do I Have What It Takes to Raise an African Child?
The book: I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla, by Marguerite Wright
The book: Brown Babies, Pink Parents, by Amy Ford
The book: Parenting the Hurt Child, by Keck and Kupecky
The book: The Connected Child, by Karyn Purvis
The book: There Is No Me Without You, by Melissa Fay Greene
The book: Adopted for Life, by Russell D. Moore
The book: The Ministry of Motherhood, by Sally Clarkson
The book: To Change the World, by JD Hunter
The video: Depraved Indifference, by Eric Ludy
The video: Orphan Sunday 2011, by Christian Alliance for Orphans