Coping with Grief and Loss

Rise Issues

• Adoption: Broken Bonds
  In this issue, parents share stories of adoption and child welfare professionals reinforce the need for policy and practices that support continued connections.

• Facing Termination of Parental Rights
  In this issue, parents write about how they have handled termination.

Personal Essays

• Sick and Tired: I needed respite and support but instead I lost my son
  By Carla Burks

• Adoption kept our family together
  By Bevanjae Kelley

Interviews and Opinion

• Mothers Share Post-Adoption Grief
  By Sharkkarah Harrison

• 4 Facts About Post-Adoption Contact
  By Sara Werner

• Two Steps Back: Many adopted teens are ending up back in foster care. What does that mean for children — and their parents?
  By Piazadora Footman

• Life After TPR: New laws give some families a second chance
  By Antoinette Robinson