When I’ve thought of the possibility of one or both of my daughters someday meeting their birthparents, it has always been under the context of my girls doing the searching. I’ve never considered that someday their birth parents may come looking for them. But yesterday I realized that someday it could be a possibility. Imagine [...]

We have a few agencies saying the CCAA is matching, one saying they were matching a few weeks ago and they don’t know what is happening now, and at least one saying that matching hasn’t started. And another agency saying that matching has been “temporarily interrupted” while the CCAA employees work to close the accounts [...]

I was pretty worried about how this show was going to portray adoption. I was pleasantly surprised that they hired hosts who were adopted and who were sensitive to what was going on. Like it or not, we get to be “adoption educators” to our friends and families, so they’ll understand the things our kids [...]

First, it appears the CCAA’s internal box has changed to show review through February 29. I will change the box from home tonight. Assuming I don’t just go home and crash, of course. Second, we’ve got two more agencies saying they do not expect to see referrals until December. I have a doctor’s appointment at [...]

I’m sick. As soon as my doctor’s office opens I’ll be calling to get an appointment. I don’t think this is the flu, the glands in my throat are huge and I don’t think that happens with the flu that’s going around right now… does it? I’ll let the doctor figure it out. Meanwhile, I [...]

New Moon was soooo much better than Twilight. And Jacob? Oh my. I might switch from Team Edward to Team Jacob. Okay, not really. First, I’m not on any sort of team. And second, if you’ve read all four books then you you know that isn’t really an issue. Still, Jacob is… oh MY. But [...]