[aclee]

When we were just on vacation my mom was holding Ty and thinking back to the phone calls and how everything happened so quickly when we were placed with him. She got the call from me, and I said...I have too much to do, you call everyone! So she called my grandparents to get the tree going. They all knew we were open to any race so one of the first questions everyone wanted to know (after gender and stats) was, what is he? At first I was offended, but my sister said it was just curiosity, and I agree. I guess my grandfather, who tries so hard to use all the right language, asked (in his excitement)...What is he? Is he Bi-Radical? I guess my mom was rolling on the floor laughing so hard she could barely tell him, no he was AA.

[loveajax]

That is cute. They try hard, right?

This is so funny. My dad ("archie bunker' who asked us not to tell DD she was adopted or black...yikes...when she was a baby) is proudly sporting an Obama bumper sticker and said to me the other day, "I hope you are doing enough to keep her culture alive!" I think he's going to start celebrating Kwanzaa next!

[dalene]

That is such a cute story.

The last time I talked to my dad, he got almost teary and told me that he really doesn't care what race our baby is and that he is so excited at the thoughts of an AA grandchild. He was very urgent in letting me know that even if other people care it doesn't matter because my immediate family is so okay with it and he just wanted us to know that they support us 100%. I have a nephew who is hispanic/CC and my dad is extremely close to him--he said that he doesn't even see his color and doesn't think twice about it and wanted me to know that he feels the same about our child. It was very special to me to hear him say that--even though I already knew it, there's something about my relationship with my dad and him confessing to emotion that makes me fall to pieces.