The Journey to Jason: An Adoptive Father's Perspective, Part 3

April 13, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

Our sweet friends the Whirleys hosted and advocated for Jason, a then-12-year-old orphan from China, in December 2016. In March 2018, this family traveled to China to bring this now 14-year-old boy home forever. We asked Hunter Whirley, an amazing tell-it-like-it-is Army combat veteran, to share with us the journey to Jason from an adoptive father’s perspective. Warning: This is not yo' mama's travel log. This is Hunter's [sometimes spicy, sometimes sassy but always straight-up] story. We're so grateful to him for sharing his unique perspective.

Read Part 1 HERE.

Read Part 2 HERE.

My Brothers are Just My Brothers

April 11, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

Last week, Superhero 1 turned 12. I asked him if, as a right of passage, he’d like to contribute a guest post to this blog. I told him his perspective as a sibling in an adoptive family was incredibly valuable and that he could write about any topic he wanted. Even though writing is not this introvert’s jam (nor is speaking, using more than two words to describe his mood or producing more than a paragraph on any given topic), this passionate superhero jumped at the opportunity to address the question he receives most often: What is it like to have two adopted brothers? This is the uncensored, unedited view of a boy who has had brothers from other mothers for four of the last 12 years.

The Journey to Jason: An Adoptive Father's Perspective, Part 2

April 6, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

Read Part 1 HERE.

The Real Resurrection Life

April 2, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

When I met Jozeph Capps three years ago, I didn’t know his story.

I had stalked his mama following a mama-and-me music class where I discovered that she, also, had a passion for Chinese superheroes whose “special needs” were just superpowers in disguise ... and was this beautiful mama to several of them.

Leia and I became fast friends, and as I fell in love with her heart, I got the honor of being exposed to the hearts of her (then five-going-on-six) children.

From the first time I met him, I could see that Jozeph’s was made of gold.

The Journey to Jason: An Adoptive Father's Perspective, Part 1

March 28, 2018 Michelle Cuthrell

When Supermom asked me to write for her blog, my first reaction was: “You sure about that?”

So may this be on her head, allowing the sordid storytelling of a redneck Texan, former Army dude who someone allowed to adopt a Chinese teenager. [Editor's note: We'll take it and even barely sanitize it in order to gain your valuable adoptive father's perspective! ;)]

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