A long time ago I never knew how adoption would become such a huge part of my life. When Squirt came into my life everything changed. I learned about how amazing she was, how complicated adoption was (is), and how to live with amazing joy was also to live with heartbreak. I admit I didn’t [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Walking in the light
Posted in Adoption, Adoption reform, Edumacation, Faith, Race, Squirt on May 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t understand
Posted in Adoption, Faith, General, Squirt on May 23, 2008 | Comments Off
why things like this have to happen. To say it’s a tragedy is a ridiculous statement of the obvious, but what else do we do? Thoughts? Prayers? All pretty meaningless really. I hope everyone can come out the other end of this with some peace. And I hugged my daughter when I heard, because in [...]
Training, Courage, Perspective and Tears
Posted in Adoption, Edumacation, Foster care on May 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Foster care training totally rocked last night. Wow. I have been waiting for 8 long weeks to feel excited about a big step in my life, and last night it happened. It was a panel of amazing, brave, flawed, courageous, inspiring, touching and most importantly, real people. We heard from first parents who had lost [...]
The other mother
Posted in Adoption, Squirt on May 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t really like Mother’s Day. I think it’s fake and like Valentine’s Day is sort of marketed so Hallmark can make more money. Even before I became an adoptive mother, I was uneasy about it. Maybe that has something to do with the uneasy relationship I have with my own mom. It always felt forced [...]
Egocentrism
Posted in Squirt on May 8, 2008 | Comments Off
Me: Little Bear is on. I like Little Bear.
Squirt: NO! I like Little Bear!
Me: We can both like Little Bear.
Squirt: Ummm. No, I don’t think that is possible.
Ah four year olds. Little egomaniacs!
Ummm. It’s snowing. Outside. White. Cold. Seriously.
Mara~ stick a fork in me people, just stick a fork in me
