Coming Back

This summer was hard and wonderful. Hard. We are not as good at being parents as we appear to be. … More

Missed Opportunities. Part Two. (Adoption. The Bit Where it Starts to Smart.)

"I am not writing an adoption blog", I said a few years ago. "I'm writing a fabric/sewing/kid/vintage crap blog". Adoption … More

(photo by Posy Quarterman) I have been trying to figure out how to preserve some of this writing (print it? … More

Paul and I had hoped for what the adoption industry refers to an "open adoption". Wait. Let me rephrase that: … More

I started listening to Victoria Williams in college, thanks to some folk savvy friends and needing to cut my time … More

This child. She is the light that gets Manny up in the morning. She manages to twist Augie’s arm. … More

(Manny took the top one, August took the bottom one) Somehow, in the next few weeks, I will have … More

(Pola by Ann McGarry. Of course.) We are closer to Truly's seventh month, than her sixth, but you know– six … More

We had Augie’s final court date this morning. We appeared by phone from Oregon to Florida, which was strange and … More