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And Then She Turned Ten
Despite the fact there has been very little gender-stereotyping in this household, our daughter loves pink. It’s her self-proclaimed favorite color at the moment and she just can’t get enough of it....
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On Waiting
I have a calendar from Livia’s first year of life that I used to mark all her “firsts.” Across the weeks in the month of June 2004 there is one word: waiting. First week of June. Waiting. Second week...
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My Heart
This kid’s got me. For almost ten years solid, she’s had my heart and now our stories are woven together forever.
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Happy Joe Day!!
This little one, placed in his adoptive parents’ arms as a newborn discharged from the hospital, was adopted today! He turns two in a few days and, my goodness, this is an amazing birthday present....
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Just in case you ever wonder…
I really don’t care if a book is written specifically for my kid or not. I’m a fast reader and a quick editor and all my theater talents of days past are now poured into reading aloud for my family....
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Introducing Carolina Bradley
These images are almost a year late because that’s how things role in the world of foster care. No exposing a child’s face, careful preservation of anonymity as the child is a protected state ward. So...
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Our Story of Raising an Only Child
I’ve often thought that God made babies so darn cute so that their parents continue to take good care of them. I’ll never forget holding our first foster baby from 3-6:00am one night, her giant brown...
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The Cranford Seven
I wake up on adoption days and feel the exact same joy as I do on wedding days. A new family is being created! It’s such a hopeful and profound commitment to *loving another* that I am overjoyed and...
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I Want to be a Helicopter Mom
I once worked alongside a woman who was tough. In an office building full of warm and empathetic individuals, she stood out as a person who wasn’t interested in chitchat, didn’t smile very often, and...
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Our Boys
Post written in 2018 but not published until now. I had a dream last night… [and there goes all readers but my mom] …where two of our foster children came back to us. Our little boys brought a baby...
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