Adoption Ally is the mother of three - one home-grown, two hand-picked. She lives in Maine with her husband, Maya who's 9, two dogs and assorted cats.

Before I get into the heart of my blog, I’m going to state a couple of my basic beliefs:

1) Being adopted changes a child’s life forever.

2) As parents, we need to always be aware of the issues these children face

Adoption Ally is the mother of three - one home-grown, two hand-picked. She lives in Maine with her husband, Maya who's 9, two dogs and assorted cats.

There is much talk out in the international adoption community about the importance of valuing our children’s heritage. I am not at all convinced that emphasizing the child’s country of origin is necessarily beneficial.

Both of my children have always known they were adopted,