I’m not going to live forever. You might be reading this and thinking “duh” but those six words are hard to type. Like many people, I don’t like to think about my own mortality. It’s funny how we’re so reluctant to think about death because nobody lives forever…unless you’re a Cullen. [Tweet “Funny how we’re…
Trendy. Hip. The “in thing.” The word trendy can describe what you drive, what you wear, or how you take your coffee. I recently saw the word trendy being used synonymously with adopting children from China and it pissed me off. There are lots of reasons behind why we adopted from China but keeping up…
November is National Adoption Month. In celebration, I’m going to give you a sample of questions you shouldn’t ask that family who maybe looks just a little bit different. And, that teacher who told you the only dumb question is one not asked? She lied. Some questions are dumb. Read on. [Tweet “November is National…
Someone once said “I believe in being honest with my kids, 101 percent.” That someone wasn’t me. I lie to my kids all the time. I’m not just talking about the trifecta of deception: Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. I don’t creatively bend the truth. I straight up lie like Pinnochio. Am…
Preschooler: a word to describe that whirly wind period between toddlerhood and middle childhood. Preschoolers are a joy. They are busy. They are messy. They are a pain in the ass. They cry inconsolably for weird reasons. They occasionally pee their pants…usually when you’re lulled in to a false sense of potty training security and…
My adoption story starts on a balmy March day when I was given the answer I had been begging medical professionals for.I was shivering uncontrollably while gulping cups of water while nurses bustled in and out of my room, extracting vial and vial of blood out of my stick-thin arms, when finally, a doctor burst…
No one sets out to be a sucky mom or dad but sometimes, it happens. Recording and sharing parenting fails serves a couple of different purposes, besides giving me something to write about on my blog. If you missed my first Random Parenting Fails post, you can read it here. Sharing our parenting fails lets…
You know the old saying “curiosity killed the cat?” Do you know the origins? Yeah, me either. People’s reactions to things they are curious about are all over the place. Some stare and point. Some ask questions. Is asking a question always the best path to take? Just because “hey, I wonder” pops it…
We all know “the tube”, the underground network of trains that connects the people of London. Being the country mouse that I am, I don’t get to the city often. I am not a pro at zipping through the train stations. I can’t tell you if the District Line connects to the Jubilee Line or…
I think my husband and I are good parents most of them time, great parents some of the time. But other times, we just plain suck. Here are two examples of our less than shining moments in parenthood: 1. A conversation I heard between my husband and my youngest son, pretty much verbatim – Kid: Daddy,…
