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...

It was our childrens’ favorite moment of the church service.  The trays holding small cups of wine were being passed down the aisle.  With many little ones, this is a precarious moment each Sunday, but with lots of practice, we rarely spill a drop.  A prayer was offered and we lifted our cups...

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome affects 1 or 2 out of every 1000 births and it’s a completely preventable disorder. But, with the United States in one of the worst recessions in history, more and more people have been turning to drinking to ease depression. Experts recognize losing a job as one of the...

I just looked at my oldest child’s baby book for the first time since we finalized his adoption. I hadn’t really thought about looking at it – one of the kids just pulled it off the bookshelf and plopped it in my lap. As I sat there flipping the pages, I was flooded with memories...

It’s tax time and no doubt, anyone not getting a refund would like to know how to make one happen.  As much as pop culture likes to glorify salacious stories about tax-wise celebrities jetting off to Curacao with a suitcase full of cash, the truth is that the best tax savings strategies are also...

Last month, I was interviewed for GIMH’s first “feature writer” post.  This month, I had the honor of interviewing one of my co-writers here at GIMH, Judy Miller of The International Mom.  Judy’s a gifted mom with a beautiful heart for encouraging and equipping other adoptive...

Mabel’s Labels is searching for a new blogger (I totally want the gig!) Electrical storms are going to wipe out the Internet (perhaps forever). You have one day to write about your passions: what do you want to say to the blogosphere in 300 words? All I really need to know I learned on the Internet… Play...

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Help support GIMH! Vote for our Room of Your Own at BlogHer! Log-in to BlogHer and then vote as an attendee. More of my ideas and techniques are below, continued from part one (don’t miss it…).  Same disclaimers apply:  I’m not an expert and these aren’t all my ‘original’...

My grab bag of RAD techniques Parenting a child with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) is a struggle.  There are those saintly folks out there who can do it with grace and dignity and I am not one of them.  However, through many readings, daily research, an ear to listen to those who’ve gone before...