Wrangler Dani

I can be a roommate to my husband pretty easily. We’re both easy to get along with, we pick up after ourselves, we grab a beer from the fridge for

Seeing as how today is January 13, I’m pretty late this party. However, Val made me grin and grin with her list and so she inspired me to write this

I often hear from other adoptive families that the people in their life don’t “get it” – “it” being the unique struggles and emotions of adoption. I know how it

My first thought when I opened my computer this morning was, “wow, I’m really terrible at blogging every day”. Of course, that makes me grateful, because I’m so glad for

Sorry that I’ve been quiet lately, even after promising to blog the Gratitude Project every day. This bum shoulder of mine decided to take a painful turn; when I started

We’ve finished all of the required Home Study paperwork, visits and education, now we’re just waiting for our social worker to finish the Home Study and approve us – at

We’re not on a “journey”, even though that’s a common way to describe Big Life Movements. Indeed, life is a trip of sorts, and even those of us with no

My husband and I looked for houses to buy for three years. As our friends moved into larger homes and better neighborhoods, we stayed in our little 60-year-old rented triplex

I was challenged today in my writer’s group to write for five minutes about my “hobby horse” – the thing that I enjoy that grounds my little writerly soul. For

I stole this idea from Val, because she is the best at lists. Also, I know that today is January 9th and so this is pretty late to the year-end