Gracie was my first and only baby. I still remember the first time that I held her. I worried about not bonding, but the agency told me that many adoptive parents have that fear, and it usually goes well. It was a bit scary because I would be a single dad, with a busy work ...

Content Warning: contains references to assault, drug use, death of a parent, and child abuse. When we spotted her, she sat in the corner. A tiny child holding a doll, she picked its poofed hair with the ferocity of potential future trichotillomania. Her skin’s patches of white and darker tan contrasted with the doll’s color ...

Read Part 3 here. Hardwood floor. His mother awoke to the lovely song of the local bird population. She rolled over and looked at the alarm clock, which flashed 5:05 a.m. in red letters. She tried to put her fluffy blankets back over her head. She rolled a couple of times and eventually lost the ...