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
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
“Grandma is coming!” “Santa is coming!” Children are great anticipators, and are easily swept up into awaiting “comings” with joy and enthusiasm, sticking little noses against frosty windows and bouncing
(We snail-mailed this letter over the last couple of weeks, but I wanted to post it here too. If you didn’t see it, or want to respond here, we still
I’ve been thinking about Advent this year, more than usual. Maybe it’s because I’m preparing for motherhood, and I long to make Christmastime a holy season in our family, and
My dear friend Holli and I had been planning a girls’ weekend for a while, and last week I started to wonder if it was going to work out. My
My diet has changed quite a bit in the last month. The hardest thing for me to give up has been beer, since Adam and I both love breweries and
We’ve gotten a lot of questions about adoption since announcing that we’re on an adoption expedition. One thing I’ve realized is that many people don’t know how to talk about
Two weeks ago, I found out that I have Celiac disease. I’m not going to spend a bunch of time telling you what that means – you are reading this
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