[kannon]

Just some little things that will not only include your daughter, but make things more comfortable for the new addition:

Language: Please take the time to start learning the Korean (or Chinese, or Spanish, etc) as this will be something that the whole family can be involved in and will allow your adopted child a link with her biofamily, and also let her know that her heartfamily took the time and care to learn.

Holidays: Look into the originating country's holidays and start to incorporate them into your family celebrations now. Make them a natural part of your life. You are not just adopting a single person, you are adopting a different culture into your family. You little one will know that they are part of both the bio and the heart culture.

Habitat: Impliment some Korean, or Spanish, or Romanian, etc household norms into yours. Again, make it a natural thing, for all the same reasons that you are learning the language and the holidays.

Also, as the caucasian mother of a biracial child, please take the time to learn about white privilage and learned racism. As the parents of a non-white child, it will be your job to advocate and educate for your child.

Sorry for getting on the soapbox, just want your family to have the best of all possible experiences in life.

Kannon