Five years of disappointment, suppressed anger, and oppressed expression all rushed out me in a moment of temporary insanity. What was the moment you knew?
"So why do you want a black baby?" she asked, with the heartbreaking earnestness that only a black woman in post-apartheid South Africa could pull off.
Rule No. 1: It's not up to society, in-laws, ex-spouses, spouses, or anyone else to tell stepparents how they should conduct their step-parenting roles.
This is not a message that should be limited to only black females. Sit down with your daughter and watch it today. It could change her life (and yours).
A mother's efforts to educate people on the mean comments she has received since adopting two girls from China has readers divided. Was she being exploitative?
