Rescuing Her Rescuing Me
When I was a teenager and I would visualize my future, I saw myself in a flowy skirt and tshirt riding my bike (wicker basket included)...
Going through the Big D and Don’t Mean Dallas, Divorce, or Diabetes
Not yet anyway. I’m referring to the Big D that I avoid at all cost and have the majority of my life. Disappointment. Most of the choices...
Getting it. Well not really, but kind of?
Raise your hand if you hate winter? Ok that's done. After over a year and a half of Richa not hugging me, not talking to me about...
To Explain or Not to Explain...That is the Question.
When do we as parents decide that the time and mental energy necessary to explain to our children why we want them to  do what we want...
Delighting in Her.....Harder than I Thought
It's been over a year, but most of the time I feel like our daughter has only been home a day. We had tears yesterday because she...
Breaking the Seal
I’ve been trying to write a blog post that would do the continued metamorphosis of my daughter justice, but I’m completely stumped (no...
Writer's Block
It’s been a while since I’ve had any desire to write and I have absolutely no idea why. Well technically that’s a lie…. I have a feeling...
Learning To Fly
It’s taken 8 months for me to meet the little girl I had heard so much about prior to her adoption. The first month I was thinking umm...
Practice Makes Perfect.....I think?
What I thought my day to day life would look like as a parent is pretty far from my reality. I never could have guessed that my future...
Will We Sink or Float?
When someone you care about is sitting alone in a boat load of pain, I think most of us think if we jump in and join them we’ll both sink....
