Editor's Update: This post was originally written and published in 2010. We did not pursue adoption as our family-building resolution for several reasons, but may revisit it if we decide to grow our family more. For the most up-to-date information about Adopting in … Read More »
Have you been Lost and Found?
I'd like to take this time to pimp out something I feel is rather important in the ALI blogsphere: Mel's Lost and Found Connections Abound (LFCA). Think of it as a semi-daily digest of all the happenings in the ALI blogosphere: quick announcements of our joys like birthdays, and … Read More »
On the road, part two.
"When life hands you leeemons, make leeemonade."The last 48 hours have been a blur of Spanish moss, the smell of flowers, hugs and kisses and wrinkled skin soft like old crumpled paper, and oppressive, blinding heat. At the heart of it all: the love of a family for their … Read More »
On the road
Currently at an all-day retreat for work (I'll let you infer my tone) and then headed straight to Philly for the first leg of travel this week. Larry and I will fly down with my dad Wednesday morning to take two planes to get to Georgia to meet my mom. Viewing is Wednesday night, … Read More »
Adoption Decision Making Seminar
Sidebar: Thank you to everyone's condolences and sympathies for the passing of my grandmother this week. They have meant so much to me during this particularly difficult time.RESOLVE of New England's Adoption Decision Making Seminar is this Saturday in Newtonville, MA. Check out … Read More »
Granny has passed.
Granny passed very early this morning after a two month battle with congestive heart failure, just past 2am. My mom called me at about 3am; I was in a sound sleep, but just starting to have hints of waking as a huge thunderstorm- one of the most intense I've ever experienced … Read More »
Call me Little Miss Muffet
...as I apparently need a tuffet *awkward pause* for my bum.I'd been having consistent back pain for over 10 days now, this hot dull ache right at the base of my spine and, well, *awkward pause* between my bum cheeks. Depending on which side I would sleep on in the night (I'm a … Read More »
Examining Infertility
As I announced last week mostly via Twitter and Facebook, I've become Examiner.com's Boston Infertility and Miscarriage Examiner. Essentially, I write about all things IF in the Boston region... and they're paying me to do it! I'm rather excited about my first paid writing gig. … Read More »
The Game of L-if-E
I titled my post today thinking about LIFE, a game I didn't actually start playing until I moved in with Larry 6 years ago; I never owned the game growing up, but Larry took his set when we moved in together. We've played it maybe a dozen or so times. It's one of those game that … Read More »
A Woman of Valor
Maxfield Parrish: Ecstasy.I wanted to close this ICLW with something that has been an inspiration to me, something I always keep in the back of my mind: the Jewish concept of a Woman of Valor. I'm not here to preach religion, but I hold this ideal in my heart and let it … Read More »
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