Have you ever heard the saying, “I can’t see the forest for the trees”? I googled the definition […]
Category Archive: Family
For all the mothers who adopted kids like me: Happy Mother’s Day. You are superheroes. Your reasons for […]
Dear future son-in-law, Hi. I’m the crazy lady who loves your future wife so much that I hang […]
I don’t eat Wendy’s. It’s not because I don’t like Wendy’s or Wendy’s has done something to offend […]
Dear birth mom,
You did the right thing.
I’m sure you’ve thought a lot about it – whether you should have given me up or not. Or maybe you don’t think about it at all. Maybe it’s too painful or you feel guilty about it. Regardless, you did the right thing.
You did the most selfless thing.
I am blessed. Crazy blessed. Husband blessed. When I married my man 16 years ago on May 15, […]
Oh my, oh my, friends! Today I have been married 16 years! It is way beyond exciting – […]
I am adopted. That means a lot of things to a lot of different people. For some, […]
My daughter Kayden has reached the ripe age of 10. And I might be wrong, but I don’t […]
Today you are double digits. Two numbers instead of one. It is an important birthday – you have now been alive for a decade. And since the day you were born, my love for you has been deeper than our climb down into the Grand Canyon, bigger than the skyscrapers in Chicago. My love for you is like that bicycle ride when you and I were pushing against that 13 mph wind: my love doesn’t give up. It won’t stop. And it will constantly keep pushing you to live the best version of yourself.
