Mark W.rites

family

Two illustrations side by side of a family of four surrounding a flower pot: a father, a mother, a son, and a daughter. In the first their expressions are flat. In the second, a small child is rising from the pot with a sun burst behind him, and the family’s expressions are now smiles.
Illustration by Mark Wyner

November is National Adoption Month, as set forth by Barack Obama in 2011. My wife and I are parents of five children, three of them adopted. I’d like to share some things we’ve learned on our journey (including transracial adoption).

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