Trauma! Drama! One Proud Mama!

I have a confession to make....  we adopted out of birth order ! *GASP!* To be honest, I just don't get this whole adoption birth ord...

Adopting a teenager (or two) is about as unnatural as it gets. Everytime I recall how I acted toward my parents during my teenage years, I j...

WAY back, when Shad and I were first married, and I was having major baby cravings, I got Shad to agree to adopting a kitten. Believe me, th...

This picture is from the first hours we brought our host children home.  We weren't even trying to be all color-coordinated and cute.....

Until today, writing this blog has been very easy; I am simply re-telling our family's love story. This post, however, is not flowing o...

So, as I mentioned in a previous post, the idea of hosting a Ukrainian orphan just sounded nuts.  I truly had no interest in it.  Regardless...

One of these days when I am feeling brave (or have had too much wine) I am going to look the questioner straight in the  eyes and respond wi...