Mothers Who Raise Children from Another Mother

If you knew then what you know now, would you still have done it?   A church friend posed this to me about a year ago.  She was referring to our experience in taking in two homeless boys in the summer of 2013.  I cannot recall now what was going on at the time with...

Retreat or Advance?

I know I have not posted for a while and shame on me.  I took time off to help my parents (see Meat in the Sandwich) and then I went on vacation with my hubby and two of my sons.  At the end of that week, while they trekked to the top of Mt. Antero, I retreated to a...

Heredity or Environment?

“I have looked at our pics and it is clear we r related.” This text message from Celia reminded me of the first time I contacted her sister, my birth mom.  I wrote her telling her about myself, my view on adoption, (via a newspaper clipping I had written...

Welcome to my blog!

Okay, so here I go.  I am officially entering the blogging world. I am jumping in, feet first. Like the way I prefer to get in the cool water of the swimming pool.  Just get in and feel the initial shock and then tread or swim quickly to warm up and then bask in the...