I Was Put Here to Be Clementine's Mom
IVFU20 Loka 2020

I Was Put Here to Be Clementine's Mom

Hear Kathleen's transracial adoption story. What happens when you know you want to adopt, but no one wants you back? Maybe you wind up finding the perfect match in a child who is nothing like you.


To read Kathleen's blog about parenting visit thisoldmom.com.

For Kathleen's essays about transracial parenting:

I Racially Profiled My Black Child – This Old Mom

Why Am I Brown? – This Old Mom

How Does A White Mom Explain Michael Jackson to Her Black Child? – This Old Mom

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