Grieving Christmas
Hey, Baby Girl! So let me hear your plans for Christmas. Are we going to play that Dirty…
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Eat Some Latkes! And Other Things Foodies Like about Hanukkah!
Hanukkah is fraught with debates. How to spell Hanukkah, how to properly light the hannukiah, how and how…
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Living my Best Mom Life
As women, we have so many unrealistic expectations placed upon us. We should be able to do everything…
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Foster Kids Don’t Need a Saint, but They DO Need Love
“You and your husband are saints.” Have you ever heard this when people find out you are a…
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To Our Child’s Birthmother
Today is a day that our family has celebrated for the past four years. Tomorrow will be the…
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More Than the Average Marriage
When my husband and I first met, we fell in love fast and hard. We were that couple…
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Parents vs. Grandparents – The “No” Conflict
It’s a grandparents “rite of passage:” spoil the grandkids, then send them home. I’m convinced that they hand…
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Blended Families: Live and Learn
“Some families are created in different ways but are still, in every way, a family.” – Nia Vardalos “The…
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The Big Santa Reveal
I am ambivalent about Santa Claus. You see, where I grew up – Manila, the Philippines, in the…
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I Call Them “Mom” and “Dad”: An Adoptee”s Perspective
It’s springtime in western Pennsylvania, 1981. Two people who love each other very much had been trying to…
