I’m doing a short “thankfulness” series on my Facebook page, every day writing, “Today I am thankful for: ________” until Thanksgiving. It made me wonder if there was anything I could say about Energy Boy’s first mother without being condescending ....

this month . . . for part of it, I was still recovering from my breast reconstruction surgery. I’m glad I had it, but man, did it kick my butt! I had more than one infection afterwards and taking care of those really knocked me out and set my...

3/22/2002 — the day we adopted Nate. Hands Originally uploaded by Mom2One You might think that I’d pick the photo of the first time that I held Energy Boy — and that is one of my favorite photos. Or you might think I’d pick a favorite...

Adoption is a part of our lives, always. You really only have to look at our family to see that — Caucasian mom and dad, Asian son. Even with those physical differences, I’ve had people over the years ask me if we were going to tell Energy Boy if he...

because at least I know how to answer those, and the ones that don’t have answers for them — well, I know about those too. I know about letting my child feel his sadness and being a witness to his sadness and being here for him. Bring me the...