I spent last week in Washington, DC for an academic conference. But as luck would have it, I was able to catch up with several friends…
My life was forever changed on the day I opened up my home—and my heart—to a young girl who needed me. The year that followed…
My friend, LA, introduced me to “The Bliss Scandal” so I decided I’d sign up and see what it was all about. To be completely honest, I…
Today is my last day of my 30s, so it seems appropriate to reflect on the decade in preparation for the start of my 40s.…
Dissertation month continues! As does my progress. The biggest part of this week’s work has been transcribing and re-reading interview materials, but I’ve also managed to…
I’ve been quiet again. (Still?) So I feel that I should pop in and say hello, since so often I’m quiet when life is hard…
Back in November I talked about the practice of “making do” in my efforts to host a Thanksgiving dinner for friends. I was really pleased…
Since the beginning of June, I’ve been a bit remiss about organising my digital files. I think I got a bit crazy with my foster…
Today I had lunch with a couple of ladies from the state’s foster care office—one was the woman who licenced me and Paul nearly three…
Last August I wrote a post titled Plus One, and for the months between then and now my life was thrown into this weird world…
When my foster daughter first came to stay with me, we fell into a habit of listening to the radio on the drives to and…
I’m waiting—we’re waiting that is—for a flight to take off in Denver so that we can head to the airport to pick up one of…
Like many girls her age, my foster daughter is a horse freak. I mean, she gets really, really, really, excited about the idea of horses.…
My lovely foster daughter is getting ready for a major life change and I’m amazed at how well she’s handling it. (Or how well she’s…
It has been an emotionally and physically exhausting couple of days. From an out-of-the-blue emotional crash on Friday, to marking the anniversary of my marriage…
The thing I hate most about buying clothes (second only to parting with money) is trying on clothes. I hate trying on clothes. I hate it…
Bloomsday 2011 is over and I’m alive to tell the story! And after little-to-no training, that is a success in itself. Yay! I’ll not bore…
OK, I admit that I’m generally pretty rubbish at math[s], but I think I’ve done the calculations right this time! You see, tomorrow morning is…
People bond over the strangest things. Take, for example, my foster daughter and my ANT* Elizabeth (AE) who met for the first time on Sunday.…
Well, it’s been a week since my foster daughter planted her fairy garden and I have to say I was sceptical as to if anything…