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Show & Tell: A Tale of Woe, Part Deux

I was wading through the pile of art supplies, school papers, junk treasures, and food remains on Vintage Girl’s desk yesterday, and look what I found!

Apparently the wound is deeper than I thought – but at least we’re wearing matching dresses adorned with friendly tulips! (you can read the first chapter of A Tale of [...]

A Big Milestone and a Small Milestone

Today was Vintage Girl’s last day at the child care center she’s gone to for almost five years. She started when she was barely three, in their preschool program. Then last year she “graduated” to Big Kids, their after-school program, when she started kindergarten. We love this place; it has become a part of all [...]

Infertility & My Espresso Machine

I went through fertility treatment almost 10 years ago, and we didn’t go very far before choosing adoption. I’m sure (well I hope!) that many advances in treatment options have been made since then, but I think the one high-tech-y test I did have is still around: the hysterosalpingogram (HSG).
I remember the big, dark, scary [...]

Bristol Palin: An Adoptive Mom’s Perspective

When I first heard the news about Bristol Palin, my mind was racing in a million directions.
I was absolutely floored, naively wondering how that could happen in a conservative, religious family. I began to imagine how the press, pundits, and bloggers would begin to spin the story: how some of us would be gloating about [...]