Author: Rumaan Alam

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By a considerable margin, my family's largest-ever financial expenditure was the adoption of our two sons.

By a considerable margin, my family's largest-ever financial expenditure was the adoption of our two sons.

- Rumaan Alam

It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most.

It is true for my family and many others: Adoption has made us infinitely richer in the ways that matter most.

- Rumaan Alam

There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the refrigerator has ever crossed their mind.

There are probably some readers who don't want a great American writer to acknowledge that cleaning out the bottom drawer of the refrigerator has ever crossed their mind.

- Rumaan Alam

Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.

Parenting is love, sure, but it's as much about receiving love as it is giving it. Parenthood is a kind of vanity.

- Rumaan Alam

Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.

Shopping for clothes is time consuming, it's tiring, and it can feel like a waste of an autumn afternoon.

- Rumaan Alam

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