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 . . .
that’s what she said: weight, food, and body image edition
Last week, I shared a bit about my journey with eating healthy and body image, and this week I thought I would share some good posts I’ve read recently on weight and/or eating. These are just snippets, CLICK ON THE TITLE TO READ THE WHOLE POST. I'm bigger than that from Millions of Miles Am I heavier than I've ever been? Yup. Am I 30 (okay 40) pounds overweight? Yup. Am I happier than I've been in years? Yes. Yes. Yes. I feel more . . .
what I want you to know: the fistula epidemic
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 Hope, who blogs about her life in Niger here. The idea here is that when we share our personal stories, we bring greater compassion and awareness to the unique issues that we individually face. . . .
the conversation that starts with “mommy and daddy have been married a long time . . .”
Mark and I are taking a little get-away for our 15-year anniversary. I am so looking forward to it. This will be the first trip we’ve had together away from all four kids that doesn’t involve a conference or a television taping. We have nothing scheduled, beyond sitting by a pool, reading a book, and a few other activities we enjoy doing together. (Tennis! What did you think I meant?) We waited until a few days prior to tell the kids about our trip, and had a little . . .
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