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Archive for March, 2007

JRock as a dad

Posted in Adoption on March 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

T and R stopped by this afternoon to visit.  They had one of their two sons, G, with them.  He’s 18 months, sucks a lot on his soother, and runs around silently.  As our lunch at the Greek restaurant drew to a close, R said to me “you are going to be a good mom, you [...]

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Other families’ special moments

Posted in Adoption on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I just love watching other family’s special moments… like when they first picked up their kids in Ethiopia.  Here are a few cool videos and powerpoint presentations that you can enjoy.  Feel the love, baby!
Happy adoption day
Somewhere over the rainbow
Lisa at the LIGA school
No small feet
Journey to Baby Jason
to be added to…

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Adoption FAQs

Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Why are you adopting?
Three reasons:
#1, there are so many children in the world that need homes.  Adoption is a way for us to build a family without contributing to the world’s population problems.
#2, it would be a real hardship for me to be pregnant, with my arthritis problems.
#3, we love the idea of having a [...]

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Our Adoption Story

Posted in Adoption on March 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

So our story actually begins a long time ago.  When I was growing up, my mom wanted to make me a Cabbage Patch doll.  (“Make”, meaning she’d buy the head and sew the body from a pattern.) My first “adopted” doll, Arnold, was a little bald white boy with a tan body.  My mom said white [...]

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The stress of moving

Posted in Moving on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Funny how I’m always so composed, and usually excited about change.  Our move to Sunnyside (no, that’s not the real place;-) ) has got me clenching my jaw at night.
One relief is that we’ve found a place to live.  The owner says it’ll be sodded and airconditioned before we move.  (Hope to heck it will [...]

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Entering the blogosphere

Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

I didn’t think I would do it – but here I am joining the legions of others publishing mylife.
Why?  I think a sense of duty, really.  I’ve been so grateful to other adoptive parents for publishing their stories and pictures.  I’m unsure if I’ll be publishing any pictures, since there are a lot of wierdos [...]

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