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Taking the Detour

In Adoption by Brooke Wright

You may wonder what happened after we put the suitcases down. I’ll get there, but first, a detour. When we were bumped from our flight en route to Cartagena, it was a serious case of deja vu. Two years earlier …

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Suitcases

In Adoption by Brooke Wright

We weren’t even supposed to be in an orphanage. In fact, two hours before I was holding that baby, I didn’t even know the place existed. It was the summer after we had adopted our second son, and I had begun …

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Can I Pick Her Up?

In Adoption by Brooke Wright

“Can I pick her up?” I asked through the translator. “Yes, of course,” replied the petite Spanish nun by my side, “but be warned, she will cry when you put her down.” She was so tiny. The size of a …

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A Wimp Taking a Risk on Adoption

In Adoption, Wright Pop by Brooke Wright

In one year we lost two babies. They both died in the womb early in their development. Many call it a miscarriage, like it was somehow “mishandled.” The doctor told me there was nothing wrong with me, but after facing …