This is quite belated, but I really enjoyed putting together my photo essay for 2020, so I decided it was time to do another year in review with pics. You will see that several of these are professional-quality photos, if I do say so myself, and several look like I have never held a camera …
The cost of medical care is always hot topic and I don’t like money being taboo, so I figured I would share the expenses we incurred having Baby T. (Related: read about how we got ready for Baby J for under $350.)
I know, I know. Everyone – and I mean everyone – has that anecdotal friend who went through a decade trying to get pregnant and/or thousands of dollars in fertility treatments, and/or years of adoption efforts, only to wind up naturally pregnant when they least expected it. As it turns out, I’m that anecdotal friend.
As happens far too often, I’ve let months go by without a post. My goal of writing decently often has nothing to do with demand for my skills (which is minimal) or blog revenue (which is non-existent) and everything to do with the fact that I just like the creative outlet. So here we are, …
When this summer rolled around, pretty much everyone who suffers from wanderlust was chomping at the bit to get on a long-haul flight – self included. Some girlfriends and I had this idea that we were going to meet up in Paris someday, and this seemed as good a time as any in the foreseeable …
Every foster parent hears this comment at some point, often from very well-meaning acquaintances: “I’ve totally thought about being a foster parent too!… But I’d get too attached and the kid might leave.” *Massive internal sigh.*
Well, four months somehow blew right by me since my last post. Not a strong start to the year with my goal of writing at least once a month, but here we are. Full disclosure: our family life has been a hot mess – sometimes in a fun and energizing way, other times in a …
I’m excited to be bouncing back to the topic of foster and adoptive parenting today. This post has been a long time coming! For those who were not aware, both of our sons were adopted from foster care. Parenting these boys has been the craziest and most amazing adventure in our lives (and our adventures …
Inspired by a lovely photo essay from my world-traveling bestie, I decided it would make me feel slightly less bummed about the poop fest that was this past year if I assembled something similar for myself. In an effort to make this a positive venture, I have omitted photos of me at my office sweating …
Yep, we launched our first vacation rental in Sedona, Arizona this past spring – right before the travel industry collapsed on itself in response to the coronovirus pandemic.