I have to track down a picture of this chair for you because it really is hideous. It’s lime green. Seriously. Lime Green. Lime as in Jello lime. We call it the Pickel chair for obvious reasons and it is the most comfortable chair in the house. It was actually my grandmother’s chair although...

I didn’t know what the topic for this carnival was going to be until today when I read our newest writer’s post; Little Bigots at Basketball. It hurt my heart to read it. Then, I read Tonggu Momma’s post on Chinese Food. Seriously, what kind of parents are we raising? My family lives...

Back in 2008 when I wrote at A Child Chosen, I created a list that has since become one of my most popular posts.  The Best of the Best: Top 50 Adoption Blogs has continued to circulate the web since I left b5media but some of those blogs have gone by the wayside and some have done so well the writers...

Adoption Reform means so many things because we all come from different parts of the adoption community. To you reform may mean making original birth certificates available to every adoptee, to me it may mean making all countries Hague compliant. Almost everyone involved in adoption believes that the...

It was Thanksgiving yesterday, and in the spirit of giving thanks and reflection we want to know what you are thankful for. I know that, at trite as it may sound, I am truly thankful for my family. They are the light that makes me shine, the arms that pick me up when I stumble, and they are mine. I...

My boys are polar opposite. They hail from opposite sides of the world. One is habitually happy, the other walks a tightrope. One dances, one hits. One cuddles, one shies away. But, that is what makes a family, right? It’s what bonds brothers…at least I hope. They both inadvertently posed...

As the publisher of this site I chose the topic for the third carnival on the advice of a friend who thought it might be really interesting to include the children in the topic. But, I didn’t think about our readers who don’t have children or our readers who are not adopted. It was, unfortunately,...

I grew up dreaming of the fairy tale family…I remember distinctly telling my best friend when I was in 8th grade that I would marry a red-head, specifically the one I was drooling over as he played Little League Baseball in front of me. I was the hired scorekeeper but I preferred to check out...

It’s time again for the blog carnival hosted at Grown in My Heart. Last month, we were blown away by the response to our first ever link-up–59 incredible links from all sides and then some of the adoption triad. There are posts to keep you reading and thinking for days, if not weeks. This...

This is a surprisingly difficult topic to write about! That’s probably because, before we become parents, we see life so differently on so many levels, that it’s hard to remember what we thought of anything before our kids came along. Before I adopted my children, I obviously had friends and interests...