I joined a number of facebook groups and forums on adoption to gain connections with others who shared this experience as well as to educate myself. I met many great…
The lessons I learned from my dad have stayed with me as I grew from snot-nosed kid into Purell-toting mom. Lessons such as The Ronnie Herel Money Management System, aka…
That's the first word that comes to mind as I think about our recent long-weekend visit to Indiana, to see Beth's birth family. First of all there was far too…
When I first became a mother, and a stay-at-home one to boot, I expected many things in my life to change, like my REM sleep and personal hygiene. But never…
Being a parent is difficult. None of us really knows what we're doing. Most of us try really hard. In my last post, I discussed the challenge adoptive parents face…
I belong to a secret Facebook group for adoptive families that has more than 1,000 members. As in many large, online gatherings, conflicts tend to flare, but a recent argument…
Entitlement. Now there's a loaded word. Supermodels feel entitled to rough up their staff, powerful men feel entitled to cheat, or, from personal experience, to speak loudly on their cell…
All parents have moments when we look at our children and see a little bit of ourselves. When our son Max, whom we adopted domestically, tucks in Mr. Froggie, he…
As a mother through biology and adoption, I often compare the different paths. I've come to believe that the process surrounding our adoption better prepared me and my husband (though…
Recently, while talking about adoption with my husband, he looked at me with concern etched deeply on his face, and said, "My biggest fear is that, at some point, Max…
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