Last week we visited New Orleans. We rented a beautiful southern house with my good friend Linda and her family -- which is great because she has two boys (4 1/2 and 7 1/2). And the best part? She brought her boys' babysitter -- so the adults could go out on the town at night. Our days were spent at the zoo (a truly incredible zoo, I must say, and I've seen a lot of them) and at the French Quarter Fest. Lots of great music, lots of booze. SO MANY PEOPLE are perpetually drunk there -- tourists, of course. Being in the south was definitely different for our little transracial family -- lots more stares (from blacks and whites). Theo was a champ on the plane rides (thank you God) and only had two major meltdowns. One at the zoo when I screamed at him because he was climbing on the fence over the alligator swamp (I was NOT overreacting!) and one night at dinner when he 1) was exhausted 2) was starving 3) should not have gone out to dinner. Totally mommy's fault.
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Challenges of transracial adoption
- Taking care of skin and hair that is so different from your own.
- We can never go anywhere unnoticed. Now I know how Brad and Angelina feel.
- People feel free to ask all sorts of questions. I usually don't mind, but sometimes I don't feel like talking.
- I worry about raising Theo to be an "authentic" African American.
- People often think I'm the nanny. Whatever.
I think it would be super challenging to go somewhere like New Orleans from a stares and questions perspective. I really want to go to Jamaica but I almost have to pysche myself up first! (reminder to self: It's not all about you!)
Posted by: harrietglynn | May 15, 2011 at 01:28 PM