I didn’t realize how schizophrenic my weekend was until I sat down to write this post. First, the funny part: Have you guys noticed that the way clothes look on Pinterest & style cards isn’t AT ALL how they look on a live body? I think this is a metaphor for EVERYTHING. This weekend, Steve […]
Today’s adoption question is from Beth: How do you deal with the fear and/or reality of the kids not loving/attaching to you, and you to them? *** Before The Cherubs moved in with us, when we were in the transition phase with visits on Wednesday nights & weekends, our kids declared that they were not […]
I received a great question in response to yesterday’s post on what it costs to adopt from foster care: How much money are you expected to have as a potential foster care/adoptive parent? Answer: Not much. I say that glibly, but it’s the truth. All the expectations you might have about how they’ll be looking at […]
This is the post where I make a plea for you to do something huge that will, in all likelihood, ruin your life. But you’ll do in order to rescue others, which means you’ll be guaranteed a blinged-out mansion in heaven! (Okay, I’m not entirely sure about the mansion. It’s just a working theory…) Steve […]
Oh My Gosh I love this book. I started it YESTERDAY. Finished it TODAY. It is 376 pages, including a center section with photos I had to keep flipping forward and back to as I got to certain parts of the story. I gave up sleep to keep reading, and sleep is my absolute favorite […]