We are heading back to Taiwan in October and it’s been interesting hearing the questions and comments that people have about that. Many people have questions about what we are going to do. Some people think it’s awesome that we’re traveling trans-continentally with two 5 year olds. Some people want to know what our girls … Read More
Why I’m a SAHP
I am a stay-at-home-parent (SAHP), but I work one afternoon and evening a week. My kids go to a day home for about 5 hours on that day, and occasionally go another day if I need extra childcare. I know this is not everyone’s choice, or not everyone is able to choose this even if … Read More
I’m Listening
I am interested all things adoption, so I automatically feel connected to people in the adoption triad. I am always trying to get my hands on books for kids and adults, relating to adoption. Basically, in a community when adoption is uncommon, social media is all about adoption for me! I need to know there are … Read More
Adoption T to Z
Finishing up with T-Z. If you missed out on the previous posts, check out the last few posts. Transracial: Transracial Adoption describes any family where the adoptees and adoptive parents are of different races. These families are beautiful but these relationships also add to the complexity of adoption since many times adoptees feel alone in … Read More
Adoption P to S
Continuing on with Adoption A-Z posts, here are letters P to S. I knew I was long winded, but man, I really need to learn how to be more concise… I can’t just say what I mean quickly? I hope you are enjoying these and learning something about adoption as well. Writing is one of … Read More
Adoption J to O
Wow, here I thought I might be able to post all my alphabet adoption posts for Adoption Awareness Month in 4ish blog posts, but (not surprisingly) I talk too much. As I shared in the last few posts, I took on a challenge from a birth mom to come up with one word pertaining to adoption each … Read More
Adoption F to I
Here is my second post for Adoption Awareness Month 2017. As I shared in the last post, I took on the A-Z challenge by birth mother, Ashley Mitchell to choose a word pertaining to adoption to describe each day in November and I have compiled them here to share with you. Apparently I am long … Read More
Adoption A to… E?
November is Adoption awareness month! So I took on the A-Z challenge by birth mother, Ashley Mitchell of Big Tough Girl and Lifetime Healing, LLC to share a word pertaining to adoption from my point of view each day. Some were more challenging than others but I made it! I wanted to compile them here for … Read More
Good and Hard
It has been just over a year since the adoption of our daughter, Cora, was completed and she was finally able to come home to our family. It has been a hard year but a good year. I don’t think I really understood how those two could work together. Or how true it is when … Read More
Embracing Complexity
November is Adoption Awareness Month. As an active participant and student in the adoption community, I experience an onslaught of differing opinions on adoption during the month. And I have purposely tried to minimize my voice in the adoption community in order to make more room for adoptees and birthparents to be heard. On this … Read More