Black History—a Part of the Whole

As I stated in my preamble, Eric Holder’s speech on February 18th regarding Black History Month left me with a variety of topics to cover. The trick, of course, is trying to categorize them in a way that makes sense to people other than me. At this point, my intention is to go with three [...]

Parenting: Commitment Optional

Do you ever feel like you know that you have things you want to get out of your brain, but you just can’t manage to access them? I know that there have been things throughout the day that I have wanted to write about, but I just can’t put together a coherent thought right now. [...]

Sometimes, It’s Better Not to Know

Yesterday, as we sat eating dinner and watching Fox News (I know, I know, how horrible to do both at the same time!), the kids asked, once again, if the person on the screen was Barack Obama. They really have been quite fascinated by the idea of the election. Sean looked at me and said, [...]

The Perfect Woman

As I mentioned the other day, I finished Breaking Dawn this week. After a couple of weeks of occasionally cracking into a book that should have taken me all of two or three days to read, I finally made myself sit down the other night and read the last couple hundred pages.
It is no [...]

If I Don’t Trust You With My Money, I Won’t Trust You With My Kids

Summer break is almost over and, for the first time ever, “back to school” holds meaning for me. At five years old, N~ starts kindergarten in a couple of weeks. People tend to assume that this means that life is going to get one-kid-less easier for me. Not so.
I’m homeschooling.
OK, plenty of people will [...]

Men (and Women) Are That They Might Have Joy–Not Guilt Trips!*

Before I go into what I have to say, I want to clarify some semantics because sometimes you miss the meaning if you don’t get the nuances of the words. This is one of those times. A lot of people use the terms “gospel” and “church” interchangeably. I don’t. I actually make a huge distinction [...]

Adoption Math: When 4+4=7

When we first made the decision to adopt, open adoption was not my goal. Heck, even a semi-open adoption was kind of a scary idea at first but, the more I read, the more I was convinced that it would be a good idea. I liked the idea of my child’s birthmother having the opportunity [...]

Nothing New Under the Sun

*When I was younger, my father told me that there are two things that you don’t introduce into conversation–religion and politics. I am about to discuss both. You have been warned.
Last night, Sean and I did something that I haven’t done in a long time. We sat and watched 60 Minutes. They were doing a [...]

What I Learned from Walt Disney

I read several blogs by members of the adoption triad. Some by adoptive parents, some by birthmothers, and some by adult adoptees. Some are by people that I usually agree with their perspectives, and some are not. All of them give me a lot to think about. It has been awhile since I threw myself [...]

Thoughts on Super Tuesday

I used to be much more informed on politics. Before I had children, I had more time and inclination to follow things closely. Now, don’t misunderstand, I still pay attention to the political process. I just don’t devote as much time and energy to it.
But, I must admit, there are some things that I find [...]