I wanted to share the story of the Parker family. They’re friends of my friend Jenni. They have a good-sized family already, but have been moved to adopt two most adorable babies from Ukraine who are affected by Down’s Syndrome. Check out the blog and help them reach their goal and get those...
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I’ve had a terrible time lately finding time to do book reviews!   In an attempt to catch up on months of neglect in one fell swoop, I’m going to tell you briefly about each of the books I’ve gotten recently. E is For Ethics contains several dozen short stories about various ethical dilemmas and...
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One of the biggest challenges of parenthood is encouraging good behavior in kids.  When you adopt older kids who have had difficult past experiences and who don’t start out knowing the family rules and who also need time to bond to mom and dad, that challenge gets even tougher.  Recently I came across a...
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If braids and beads are not a normal part of your life, you may just want to pass this post on by. But with 4 African American daughters, hair is a fairly large component in our life. The following braiding brainstorm is one that I am very happy with. When we do...
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Monday morning Joshua woke up with a fever — really bad timing considering we had an appointment to meet with his foster mom at 11. I dosed him up with Advil, and let him sleep instead of going down to breakfast, hoping he would feel better soon. I toyed for awhile with...
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I know that many of my readers are adoptive parents, deeply interested in the types of issues we are facing on this homeland trip for my sons.  When I asked my 11 year old son if I could blog about Friday’s happenings, he unhesitatingly and happily said yes.  Since he tends to be a...
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We’re flying 34,000 feet over Anchorage, headed for Seoul, South Korea, and I’m wondering how this trip will be. I’m traveling with my two 11 year old Korean-born sons and my 14 year old bio son. I look at the dark heads all around us and realize this is literally the first...
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Four travelers. Four big bags to check. Three small bags to carry on. Not bad. Next stop: Seoul, South Korea. Technorati Tags: Adoption, homeland visit, South Korea
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(Part 2) Although we were sad that the adoption of the baby in the US hadn’t worked out for us, it helped tremendously to know that we were headed to Ethiopia soon to get our daughter. In February when I got on that plane with my second daughter as my traveling companion, I was...
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