It's leftover time for the turkey, and the same goes for my blogs. This is an entry I posted way back in April about cultural enrichment (in my adoption from Russia blog) and the internationally or transracially adopted child. I think it's worth another look-see.

My son was adopted from Russia. When my husband and I were in court we promised to keep Little J connected to his culture, although at the time we weren't completely sure what that meant. I think this is a common experience for a lot of people who... more

Here's a nice little article in the Charlotte Observer about how families who've adopted their children internationally manage to integrate a little bit of culture into their family's lives.

I was interviewed for this article but alas, I did not make the cut. Probably because I don't live in Charlotte! And also because despite all my big talking I don't integrate very much Russian culture into my son's life besides the odd folktale and picture book. But this has more to do with his age than... more

I've written about this website in the Russia adoption blog, but in case you weren't around that day or didn't care because it was about Russia, I want to mention it again for those of you who have or are thinking about adopting internationally: Kids Culture Center.

The site contains links and/or kid-friendly activites for the countries of Russia, Mexico, Guatemala, China, Korea, India, Vietnam and soon, Ethiopia and Ukraine,

Here's how Barbara Blackwell,... more

Yesterday I had the pleasure of meeting someone new. I met her through our local university's international student conversation partner program.

I applied last year, but since I specified somebody Russian (since my son is adopted from Russia) and it was late in the year there was no one they could hook me up with. I reapplied about a month ago and was given this woman's name. Yesterday I went to see her.

I was open to her about my motivation for participating in the program. I told her that since we've been to Russia I was interested in learning more... more