Pages, Stages, and Rages

A co-worker is about to make the monumental trip to China to adopt a long awaited, longed-for child. Coincidentally, she is going to the SWI...

I wasn't going to blog about this.  I really wasn't.  Or at least I wasn't until I figured out how I felt about it.  ...

Yesterday we celebrated our 2nd family day.  I wrote this article about it and I thought I would share it here.  It was the most impo...

I don't do internet rants. What I mean is, generally if someone says something stupid or does something stupid I roll my eyes and clic...

Most of Chinese adoption, prior to "gotcha day" is shrouded in mystery. By going to visit Lotus' SWI (Orphanage) we were able ...

Dear China Mommy, That's what we call you. I speak of you to our daughter as she realizes that she grew in your tummy not mine. I ...

One thing about parenting that came as a surprise to me was the changes in children's shows. I grew up on Sesame Street and the Electric...

Hi, This is for all the people who might not know me--and are arriving for IComLeavWe . Who am I anyway? Am I my resume. That is a pi...

Happy Year of the Ram! Happy Year of the Goat! Happy Year of the Sheep! Since we're not so sure what to call it --I wanted to ...

It was two years ago today.  Because of a wonderful woman named Rumor Queen and her website  I knew that our wait was coming to an end....

She is two and a half years old. For one year and three weeks of those two and a half years--she didn't know I existed. She was born...