Whoosh! There Went my New Year’s Resolution.
The road to hell, good intentions… blah blah blah. I had a lot of things I needed maintain, even get ahead on over the next several months... Read More →
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To Sing Frogs Chapter 3e
Even Amy was beginning to dig deeper in the questioning. “How does your adopted child get along with the others?” “They’re just like any... Read More →
Never Give up Hope
(As Seen on Adoption.net) Never give up hope. But when you do give up hope, never give up trying. Emily was our challenge. We knew she would be... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3d
I pity the idiot who asks any stay-at-home-mother with four kids if she has a job. After removing a pair of six-inch scissors from his ear, I... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3c
I’m not sure I have a better idea for how to run adoptions. Even so, the ambiance bothered me. These were children. Not cars! They weren’t... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3b
Mindy’s Texas-based agency was happy to add us to their list of clients after we had read and agreed to the terms of their contract. A line in... Read More →
You’re not my Dad!
(As Seen in Huffington Post) You’re not my dad! Touché! Alright, what do you do next? You had better take a deep breath and pause… because you’re... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 3a
Chapter 3 Determining a Direction I had no idea where Mindy was or what she was up to. All I knew was she had adopted a... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 2c
“Hey, wake-up! You obviously missed it when you met him. Jack has Down syndrome.” (The filter doesn’t always work.) “He’s one of the best things... Read More →
To Sing Frogs Chapter 2b
The woman knew I was referring to an endless list of failures by all of the states in the union so she didn’t even look up while ignoring my... Read More →
Rare and Precious Moments when Intellectual Disabilities Fade
I hadn’t realized that the song had been on continuous repeat for the better part of an hour. I had been reliving a perfect moment in time; one... Read More →
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