While their friends were counting down the days until their empty nest, Melissa Fay Greene and her husband Don Samuel realized they didn't feel "done" with having children.  They talked about another, but at 42 Melissa reluctantly decided that she was too old. After a surprise pregnancy and miscarriage at 45, she began looking into adoption and ultimately adopted five children. She tells her family's story in No Biking in the House without a Helmet, published by Sarah Crichton Books. The Samuel family first adopted a 4-year-old boy, their 5th child, from an orphanage in Bulgaria. When parents express interest in a particular orphan, the agency in the foreign country prepares a video of … [Read more...]