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Home / Tobin Walsh

“He’s mine, too.” A Reminder of Race While Grabbing In-Store Freebies

July 14, 2017 by Tobin Walsh

A close up of a plate of peaches cut up with toothpicks for customers to try at the grocery store.

It’s 10:50 a.m. on Sunday at Costco. Our shopping trip is over. The cart is filled with all the massive-sized necessities we need, but we’re forced to kill ten minutes

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption

Why Did My Birth Mom Give Me Up?

April 4, 2017 by Tobin Walsh

A close up of the hand of an Ethiopian adoptee as he writes down things he would like to say to his birth mother on a piece of paper.

Most of the assignments I give my oldest son have to do with household chores – helping with pouring milk for dinner or putting laundry away. I caught Yosef off-guard

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

Lessons Martin Luther King Jr. Expects My Kids to Learn

January 13, 2017 by Tobin Walsh

A picture of the face of the MLK Jr. Memorial statue with cherry blossoms in the foreground.

I won’t let my kids file Martin Luther King, Jr. Day into the category of non-gift-giving holidays that serve only to close school for the day. No matter the age,

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, News, Parenting

When the Child in the Picture is Finally Home | 3 Post Adoption Tips

November 29, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

A young boy sleeps in his father's arms.

The care center workers interrupted my son’s nap so that we could meet him for the first time almost nine years ago. In that moment, the little boy in the

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

During National Adoption Month, Just Ask

November 11, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

October’s color was hot pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness.  Hot pink was everywhere – whether on the cleats of N.F.L. players or on the bright socks of the

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, Parenting

Three Ways I Avoided Being Initially Overwhelmed By The Prospect Of Adopting

November 9, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

When spreading the awareness of National Adoption Month during November, I try to stay away from the daunting statistics that tell the story of too many kids in the system

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News

There Are No Adoption Oddballs

October 12, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

When my wife and I started our adoption process, I felt like an oddball – an adoption misfit. You see, I didn’t fit into any of the preconceived groups of

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News, Parenting

Can A White Guy Raise A Strong Black Man?

September 27, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

The silhouette of a black boy looking at a yellow sunset on his bike.

I am tasked with raising a strong black man and I’m afraid that I’m failing. Please don’t misunderstand, my son is great.  Yosef is bright, charming, sweet and hardworking.  By

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, Foster Care Adoption, Infant Adoption, International Adoption, News, Parenting

A Letter to My Son’s Birth Mother

August 4, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

A pile of notebooks and a computer on an adoptive father's desk as he writes a letter to his son's birth mother.

Celebrating the day we returned home with Yosef (a.k.a. “Gotcha Day”) has always been bittersweet for me. Our ninth Gotcha Day came and went on Friday of last week. We

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

Uncertainty is the Only Adoption Certainty

June 14, 2016 by Tobin Walsh

A young black boy makes a funny face in recognition that uncertainty is the only adoption certainty.

The gray clouds of uncertainty are omnipresent in adoption.  I have come to accept this as fact. All parents experience unpredictability, but adoption amplifies it.  The exaggerated uncertainty for me

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Filed Under: Adoptive Family Stories, International Adoption, News

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