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Dad Life | Adoption Personal Essays

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Dad Life | Adoption Personal Essays

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Movie Night: My Favorite Family Tradition

Just Like Dad: Ways My Kids and I Are Alike

This Guy Refused to Wait for His Prince Charming Before Becoming a Dad

What's a Gay Dad to Do When Told "Breast Is Best"?

This Gay Dad is Proof: Your Past Doesn't Have to Prevent You From...

The Day We Became Dads

Before Baby, After Baby: One Dad's Comparison

Counting Our Blessings in This Season of Gratitude

Thoughts From a White Gay Dad Raising Brown & Black Kids

Total Strangers Make This Adoptive Family's "Gotcha Day" Even More...

"Times Have Changed" for this Out Teacher

Rich and Derek’s #GayDadStory in Their Own Words

The Loving Process Behind Our Open Adoption Plan

Our First #GayDadStory: Erik Alexander Shares How His Family Came to...

One Year On

My Son, My Friend

The Frantic Phone Call That Changed our Lives

Family Spotlight: Micheal & his Son Daniel

Tony and Matt: Gay Dads Who Became Leaders in the Fight For Marriage...

Mother's Day Can Require Some Creative Approaches for Two-Dad Families

No Day But Today: On Cancer, Adoption, and Family

The Frightening Symptoms of my Son’s Mysterious Disease

Well-Mannered Boys Rarely Make History

From the Wonderful Ones to the Terrible Twos

Back to Work or Stay at Home?

Abby Road

How Baby Girl Violet Came to Us And How We Lost Her

In the Shadow of Leukemia, a Focus on the Little Things

All I Want for Christmas is Marriage Equality

Tot Locked and Loaded

Family Spotlight: Raul & Mark

"Well, That's Just Not Fair!'

Yours Truly Mine

Simplicity of a Newborn