Yesterday we talked about how it’s important for us to bring up adoption topics, so our kids know we’re comfortable with the conversation, and they can feel comfortable bringing it up. I mentioned finding balance — not bringing it up so much it’s like picking a scab just to watch it bleed, but also not [...]

Both of my girls have had multiple family tree projects, I stressed over GG’s first one, in kindergarten, but it was no big deal to her. A few years later, it was. Jennifer Handfor has an entry at Huffington Post that I think stresses the importance of us bringing adoption issues up for our kids, [...]

I originally posted this back in November of 2006. I’ve come a long way with my writing, and I cringed as I read some of it. Not because what I said was wrong, but because I’ve learned a lot about sentence structure and how to tighten my writing. The original post can be found here, [...]

Many thanks to the person who trimmed this and sent it in. The clip below is is from Smash, on NBC, season one episode two, near the end – in the last five or so minutes of the show: Original Video – More videos at TinyPic I consider this one minute clip as being sort [...]

Someone asked me to bring up a discussion of birthdays. Since most of our kids have estimated birthdays, at what age do you bring that up? Or do you wait until they figure it out when they read through their paperwork? For children found as newborns, or for children found with a note that tells [...]