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
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
Last night, we found out we didn’t get chosen by a birth mom who was considering us as an adoptive family for her baby. We’d just come off a long
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
I was probably eight or nine years old, and something had upset me. I wandered into our garage, and sat down on a box to have a good cry about
Three weeks ago, we had the mobile butcher come out to process two of our steers. It was a gorgeous fall day, 60 degrees with scattered puffy clouds and a
Having a major dietary change is really difficult, and sometimes all I want to do is go through a drive-thru or eat some junk. Then I remember that I can’t