Holly Taylor Coolman is Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College. Her areas of academic expertise include Christian accounts of Judaism, as well as the family, especially adoption. She and her husband have five children and two grandchildren.
Welcoming children surely is a great responsibility; no one can know ahead of time the challenges and joys that are waiting for them. But perhaps the greatest surprise is that every decision and every parenting strategy will find its true home in realities that, blessedly, far exceed them.
Date posted: 2025-09-01