Q&A with Dina McQueen
One thing that I have loved about coming to parenting through adoption is the incredible people that I have met along the way. One of those people is Dina McQueen. […]
It’s not about the cupcake.
As has become tradition here on the blog, every Valentine’s Day, I tell the same story. It’s the story of one of the biggest fights in my marriage to […]
Becoming media literate
Do you know how much of what you see is doctored in some way? If it’s in a print magazine, it’s pretty likely that what you are seeing is an […]
Complete these sentences
Day 33 in Beautiful You: A Daily Guide to Radical Self-Acceptance asks readers to complete these sentences. Here’s my take: Someone who energizes me is my dad. He is such […]
A Blessing…
A BLESSING FROM MY SIXTEEN YEARS SON I have this son who assembled inside me during Hurricane Gloria. In a flash, he appeared, in a heartbeat. Outside, pines toppled. Phone […]
In need of direction…
My sister’s birthday was, uh, last month. So last week, I finally mailed her gift. It fit in a regular envelope. Saturday, it came back to me in the form […]
nothing prepares you…
Nothing prepares you for the emotionally painful part of parenting. For when life is hard for your little one and you cannot just inhabit his body and make choices that […]
Q&A with Claudia Corletto-Coleman
I first met Claudia Corletto-Coleman when I was touring for Hijas Americanas, and we were able to hook up a couple times when I was in her neck of the woods. […]
