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Terra Trevor s Pushing up the Sky is a revelation of the struggles and triumphs packed into the hyphens between Korean and Native American and American. From her, we learn that adoption can best be mutual, that the adoptive parent needs acculturation in the child s ways. With unflinching honesty and unfailing love, Trevor details the risks and heartaches of taking in, the bittersweetness of letting go, and the everlasting bonds that grow between them all. With Pushing up the Sky , the literature of adoption comes of age as literature, worthy of an honored place in the human story. ROBERT BENSEN, editor of Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education This powerful journey through life is elegantly unfolded by author Terra Trevor. Weaving her personal story through parenting, death, grief and living, she gives readers a glimpse into her soul. At moments, Trevor s story brought to life by her exceptional writing brought tears to my eyes. I could share her heartache and felt the tendrils of joy spring to life as she began her healing journey. --Kim Phagan-Hansel Adoption Today Magazine
Pushing up the Sky is a moving and unique memoir by and adoptive mother. Terra Trevor shares her family's story, as it unfolds from the birth and adoptions of their children, more than 20 years ago, to the present day. Trevor's story is no fairy tale, but she writes courageously and honestly about each difficult aspect. When their biological daughter was six and their son, adopted from South Korea was three, Trevor and her husband decided to adopt a second, older child from Korea. The 10-year-old they brought home had a difficult transistion to life in a new family adn country. Trevor shares her own struggle to understand and love this child during the adjustment period and, later, to remain committed to her through a turbulent adolescence. Amid the ups and downs of this tale, Trevor tells the story of loving a son through a losing battle with cancer, and then finding her way through grief to a life that is once again satisfying and whole. Written from the perspective of a woman who straddles a complex ethnic and racial heritage, the story is suffused with issues of race, culture, identity, loss and gain. Trevor is part Native American, and she writes about her own exploration and incorporation of that heritage into her sense of self, while simultaneously figuring out how to weave her adopted children's cultural heritage into their family. Pushing Up the Sky is about a real family facing real challenges, and it's not a happily-ever-after story. It is a remarkable tribute to the power of family. --Jane Brown Adoptive Families Magazine
"Terra Trevor's Pushing up the Sky is a revelation of the struggles and triumphs packed into the hyphens between Korean and Native American and American. From her, we learn that adoption can best be mutual, that the adoptive parent needs acculturation in the child's ways. With unflinching honesty and unfailing love, Trevor details the risks and heartaches of taking in, the bittersweetness of letting go, and the everlasting bonds that grow between them all. With Pushing up the Sky, the "literature of adoption" comes of age as literature, worthy of an honored place in the human story." --Robert Bensen, editor of Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education
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In 1987, Terra Trevor and her husband Gary adopted a ten-year-old daughter from South Korea. Her new daughter experienced difficulty adjusting to becoming the oldest child in a mixed blood American Indian-Caucasian family. Her birth daughter, usurped from oldest to middle child, had a difficult transition too. Then her son, also adopted from Korea, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, an event that changed all of their lives forever. This is the story of a remarkable family facing incredible challenges. It is a story of compromises and insights, profound joy, deep suffering, and terrific rewards. Parenting birth and adopted children is one theme of this book. Most of all, it is a story on the meaning of family, and learning to let go of expectations and to forge a new identity.
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Terra Trevor s Pushing up the Sky is a revelation of the struggles and triumphs packed into the hyphens between Korean and Native American and American. From her, we learn that adoption can best be mutual, that the adoptive parent needs acculturation in the child s ways. With unflinching honesty and unfailing love, Trevor details the risks and heartaches of taking in, the bittersweetness of letting go, and the everlasting bonds that grow between them all. With Pushing up the Sky , the literature of adoption comes of age as literature, worthy of an honored place in the human story. ROBERT BENSEN, editor of Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education This powerful journey through life is elegantly unfolded by author Terra Trevor. Weaving her personal story through parenting, death, grief and living, she gives readers a glimpse into her soul. At moments, Trevor s story brought to life by her exceptional writing brought tears to my eyes. I could share her heartache and felt the tendrils of joy spring to life as she began her healing journey. --Kim Phagan-Hansel Adoption Today Magazine
Pushing up the Sky is a moving and unique memoir by and adoptive mother. Terra Trevor shares her family's story, as it unfolds from the birth and adoptions of their children, more than 20 years ago, to the present day. Trevor's story is no fairy tale, but she writes courageously and honestly about each difficult aspect. When their biological daughter was six and their son, adopted from South Korea was three, Trevor and her husband decided to adopt a second, older child from Korea. The 10-year-old they brought home had a difficult transistion to life in a new family adn country. Trevor shares her own struggle to understand and love this child during the adjustment period and, later, to remain committed to her through a turbulent adolescence. Amid the ups and downs of this tale, Trevor tells the story of loving a son through a losing battle with cancer, and then finding her way through grief to a life that is once again satisfying and whole. Written from the perspective of a woman who straddles a complex ethnic and racial heritage, the story is suffused with issues of race, culture, identity, loss and gain. Trevor is part Native American, and she writes about her own exploration and incorporation of that heritage into her sense of self, while simultaneously figuring out how to weave her adopted children's cultural heritage into their family. Pushing Up the Sky is about a real family facing real challenges, and it's not a happily-ever-after story. It is a remarkable tribute to the power of family. --Jane Brown Adoptive Families Magazine
"Terra Trevor's Pushing up the Sky is a revelation of the struggles and triumphs packed into the hyphens between Korean and Native American and American. From her, we learn that adoption can best be mutual, that the adoptive parent needs acculturation in the child's ways. With unflinching honesty and unfailing love, Trevor details the risks and heartaches of taking in, the bittersweetness of letting go, and the everlasting bonds that grow between them all. With Pushing up the Sky, the "literature of adoption" comes of age as literature, worthy of an honored place in the human story." --Robert Bensen, editor of Children of the Dragonfly: Native American Voices on Child Custody and Education
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In 1987, Terra Trevor and her husband Gary adopted a ten-year-old daughter from South Korea. Her new daughter experienced difficulty adjusting to becoming the oldest child in a mixed blood American Indian-Caucasian family. Her birth daughter, usurped from oldest to middle child, had a difficult transition too. Then her son, also adopted from Korea, was diagnosed with a brain tumor, an event that changed all of their lives forever. This is the story of a remarkable family facing incredible challenges. It is a story of compromises and insights, profound joy, deep suffering, and terrific rewards. Parenting birth and adopted children is one theme of this book. Most of all, it is a story on the meaning of family, and learning to let go of expectations and to forge a new identity.
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