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 »
Adoption
Stories about one of the many paths to creating your family.
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 »
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 »
From Words to Voices to Faces: Researching Adoption
We've got lots of questions about adoption. The internet, the blogs, the two books we're reading- they've got answers. For Larry and I, it's getting a little overwhelming, not going to lie. Unfortunately, we can't really move forward yet until two things are figured out: 1) my … Read More »
Welcome to April’s ICLW!
Hi there! If you're stopping by from ICLW, welcome and thanks for visiting. I think most of my pages and tags should be good places to get started to know a little bit more about this blog, but here's the quick and dirty reader's digest version with links to relevant blog posts … Read More »
A sea of questions about adoption.
It's Patriot's Day here in Massachusetts, quite possibly my favorite random statewide holiday (aka, freebie day off). Happy start of the American Revolution! It's also the running of the Boston Marathon. I can totally see a relevant metaphor between marathons and adoption, but … Read More »
Calling All Adoption Bloggers!
Larry and I just keep getting more and more excited the more we think about adopting. In fact, we're downright giddy. We are also c l u e l e s s. Right now we're reading the two books below- Larry's reading the first one, I'm reading the second one. We'll swap when we're … Read More »
The Big Decision: Building Our Family
I call it the "Tofu Baby Revelation." As you may remember, I had a really bizarre dream last week about my sweet dream baby turning into a block of burning tofu on the stove. Freud, eat your heart out. While it's not exactly Moses and the burning bush, after a few days of stewing … Read More »
General updates on life.
So I've come out of hibernation for a bit. It's that whole spring reawakening thing. I don't know how much I plan to update... the emotional release that was so vital and cathartic a year ago doesn't seem as relevant or pressing now.Exciting updates...Larry has a job! He starts … Read More »
Two dichotomous posts on parenting
Two quick stories I wanted to share with two interesting takes on the limits of parenthood.1. A truly disturbing story from my current home state of Massachusetts: Mother of 9 claims she was sterilized against her will. Savicki acknowledged that some may feel little sympathy for … Read More »
