On Sundays, I like to link to things that I wish I’d written myself. Here are some good reads about navigating life in the age of the internet. These are just snippets, CLICK ON THE TITLE TO READ THE WHOLE POST. Should Kids Have a Computer in the Bedroom? from Curvy Girl Guide With all of the right steps taken, we felt pretty secure in [our son’s] web usage and stopped watching him with eagle eyes. Over the next few months, he started being tougher to wake up in . . .
bachelorette finale recap: ashley, ben and jp
Last night was the finale in Ashley’s journey to find love on The Bachelorette. Two men, one rose, and one really self-righteous sister who almost ruined it all. Let’s begin. We start the show with Ashley reading the obligatory script about her journey to find love, the fairytale romance, the last chapter of her love story, et al. I think it is the same monologue that begins every Bachelor/Bachelorette finale show. This is the part of the finale where I like to pee and make a . . .
how to stay sane at blogher
The drama. The egos. The social posturing. The politics. The parties. The private invites, the rejections, the corporate deals, the free stuff, the cat-fights over swag, the celebrities, the drinking, the dancing, the tattoos, the time Mike Tyson's tiger was found in Pioneer Woman’s hotel bathroom . . . BlogHer is crazy, ya’ll. This is gonna be one of those posts where I break the first rule about blogging: don’t blog about blogging. So if long posts about . . .
this week in iphone photos
On Monday, Mark and I drove back from Palm Springs, rested and relaxed and just a wee bit sunburned. India’s favorite game is called “homeschool”. She wants to play this all day long. She makes me do circle time (calendar, the pledge, books) and then wants to sit and do homework. Nerd alert! Also, I’m so glad I’m paying for private preschool just so I can be doing it at home by myself, anyways. This may come as no surprise, but Jafta and Kembe are not the . . .
that’s what SHE said: transitions in parenting edition
This week, that’s what she said is all about family transitions, from adoption to childbirth to the terrible two’s. These are just snippets – click on the title to read the post in full. And speaking of family transitions (nice segue, eh?) Mark and I are going to be leading four sessions at the next Together for Adoption conference about helping children transition from group life to family life. If you are interested in adoption, foster care, or global orphan care, consider . . .
what I want you to know: being gay and Christian
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s post is by Kate. I was raised in a conservative, evangelical Christian household in a medium-sized town in a semi-rural part of New England. Growing up, I was taught (among a great many other . . .
I love U2, Terrance Howard
Several times a month, I write a post that gets lost in draft mode, or that I fail to finish, or that I forget about. I think I have more posts in draft than I do on this blog, and I’m trying to be better about publishing the things I start. This is one of those posts. The U2 concert was about a month ago, which is when I wrote this, but I felt the fact that I basically busted a celebrity getting busy in a bathroom made this worthy of making it out of the drafts. Please to . . .
thinking outside of the “orphan-care” box
When people talk about responding to orphan care, there are usually two avenues that come to mind. The first is adoption – and often, this implies a couple from a wealthier country adopting a child out of an orphanage in the third world. The second is the idea of building an orphanage to care for children. I think that these can be good solutions for children . . . certainly international adoption and orphanages have been a way to care for millions of children who have been . . .
I guess that Oprah chic was right
You know, my whole life I have heard people talk about making career goals with this advice: Figure out what your passion is, and turn it into a job. And every time I heard that, I would this, That is ridiculous! Who is going to pay me to watch bad reality tv and then make fun of it? Well, folks. Looks like dreams can come true! Check out my Bachelorette recap over at MamaPop – one of my favorite websites (and my new gig). . . .
this week in iPhone photos
This week was book club - my favorite night of the month because I get to have grown-up discussions eating grown-up food. We switch hosts every month, and the host leads the discussion and prepares a meal loosely based on something in the book. We read Molokai, a great summer novel about a leper colony in Hawaii. I spent the beginning of the week in bed with some weird strand of summer flu. I got it, both the girls got it, and our babysitter got it. All males in the house were . . .
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