Those “cute babies and delightful toddlers” of the first twenty years have grown up. We are parents, grandparents, mature adults, world citizens. International adoptees in the last twenty years have benefited from what was learned in the first twenty years: acknowledgment of race and ethnicity; attention to issues of loss and grief, connecting with the individual personal histories that children bring to their adoptive family. It is not possible to change the adoption experience for the first generation, but the deep and profound gift of connecting with one another can and should take place. It is deserved, and it is time....