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So Much To Process

August 6, 2010

A lot has happened in the past couple of weeks. First, we got a call that Blake’s grandma Faye wasn’t expected to live beyond a few days to a few weeks. This is a picture of her (front row, third from the left) in 2003, when Taylor’s adoption was finalized. Last summer, we visited her…

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Signs of Growth

November 30, 2009

I really don’t need any signs to tell me my kids are growing, but as I reviewed some pictures this morning I couldn’t help but see the obvious signs staring back at me. Barbie dolls used to be a favorite thing. Now it’s all about making quilts. Plastic tool toys used to hold his interest…

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Champion of My Heart

October 16, 2009

Sweetheart, today you turn twelve. It doesn’t seem possible, and yet I know I’ll feel the same way when you hit sixteen and that will be here before I know it. As a parent you long for your child to reach new milestones all the while wishing against hope that you could keep your precious…

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9 Years Late

October 22, 2008

I just got off the phone with an interviewer. He had questions about our adoption website: HopeToAdopt.com and was considering adding it into a TV story he was working on. Oh I wished for such a break years ago! But today our site is in transition. It was a delightful conversation and I’m so tickled…

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Milestones and Changes

August 1, 2008

It’s been eight years ago today that my husband and I officially launched our adoption website: HopeToAdopt I’d been chatting in adoption chat rooms for a few months and became aware of a growing need for waiting families to have reasonable options for creating online profiles. A few websites were offering the service, but as…

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Blessed

May 12, 2008

Yesterday was Mother’s Day and it was truly one of the most wonderful I’ve had. There was a time when I dreaded this day, a time in childless years when it tore my heart to shreds. A time, when I remember being told in words, actions, and looks many times how I was not a…

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Fun Find

April 16, 2008

I just got a surprise phone call on my cell phone. It was from Beth Whitehouse, a columnist for Newsday.com. She explained that she was doing a piece on explaining adoption to children who aren’t adopted. I was happy to answer questions, although I felt like a bumbling idiot on the phone. I put my…

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Details Missed

November 20, 2007

I was just catching up on some blogs this morning and read several posts along the Thanksgiving theme. I suppose this is part of the great conspiracy to move Thanksgiving up to this week. But as I’ve read it’s got me thinking about things and knowing I’ll be leaving town tomorrow I wanted to take…

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What Defines Real?

August 16, 2007

It’s amazing to me how the connotation of simple words can evoke so many feelings and opinions. The whole wording affair is compounded in confusion when you roll in the concept of political correctness. It’s nice that as a people we’re becoming more educated and aware of our language and choice of wording, generally speaking.…

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The Toughest Subjects

June 25, 2007

You know you’re a real parent when you get to tackle the really tough subjects. Contrary to the terminology so common around adoption, I am very much my children’s real mother. My nine year old is giving me ample opportunities lately to tackle some tough subjects. She is so wanting to be a teenager. In…

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