I finished reading Choice during halftime of the Steelers game last night. (Yep. Books and football. I was a happy lady last night with two of my favorite things!) The book was amazing. The book was eye-opening. The book was easy to read. The book was...

I signed up for the Primal Wound book tour not realizing when the post dates would be. There is absolutely no world in which I want to think about possible irreparable damage that I may or may not have caused my daughter by relinquishing her… on her...

The boys and I baked cupcakes this afternoon in honor of Munchkin’s birthday tomorrow. When I say this afternoon and then you see them in their pajamas, I’d like to point out that it’s Saturday. I was solo parenting for two weeks, my husband came home...

Part of Open Adoption Roundtable 11. The holidays are hard for me to even bother considering right now, this week, as the Munchkin’s birthday looms heavy on the horizon. These two topics, birthdays and holidays, are so deeply twined together in my...

The slippery slope toward Munchkin’s birthday has begun. In fact, it began awhile ago but I’ve been too busy to stop and take notice. I do prefer to stay busy in the week or so leading up to her birthday. I do also like to have some time to breathe. I...

I was knee deep in Christmas decorations when the phone rang on the day after Thanksgiving. I recognized the ringtone as the one that belonged to D and I flung myself across the room, tangling myself in lights and garland on the way. I answered the...