March 26, 2010
March 26, 2010
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Wee Cook Friday: Easter Bread!

To conclude the “Wee Cook Friday” meatless meal series, I wanted to reprise my very favorite recipe for this holiday season, my Easter Bread.  We like to make this for Good Friday supper, or for Easter breakfast (especially if there’s company).  We always make two loaves, and play “Easter Bunny” by leaving one on someone’s door stop! While I’m on my writer’s retreat, I thought I’d reprise this recipe from “Mommy Monsters” for Easter Bread — makes a great Good Friday supper, or Easter breakfast treat! Easter Bread 2-3/4 C flour 1/4 C sugar 1 tsp salt 1 pkg dry yeast 2/3 C milk 2 […]
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February 18, 2010
February 18, 2010
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Wee Cook No-Meat Fridays: A Vegetarian Feast!

I decided to rerun this post from June 2009 in honor of the first Friday in Lent, for those who would like a meatless meal idea! The Vacation Bible School program at my church this year is called “Adventure with the Apostles,” and explores the Church around the world, each day focusing on a different part of the globe: Today, in honor of the Church of Asia, I have for you this tasty and inexpensive lentil-and-rice feast (with Naan bread and cucumbers with yoghurt dressing) that is easy enough for the whole family to help with!  To make Naan Bread, you will need 1 tsp […]
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January 31, 2010
January 31, 2010
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Mommy Choices

Guess who’s missing Mass today?  I blog about it over at Mommy Monsters today.  I’ll try to make the afternoon services, but realistically it may be difficult to get away. Sarah gets really clingy when she’s sick. Daddy just will not do. A selfish part of me wishes Sarah had found a different time to be sick. Tomorrow I was supposed to attend training for substitute teachers. Tuesday was orientation to the PB Teacher’s Certification at Eastern. Wednesday and Thursday, Boosters Store during parent conferences. Friday morning I’m supposed to work at the school. Monday afternoon is religious education. Tuesday is Tutoring/Tae Kwon Do. And on […]
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January 19, 2010
January 19, 2010
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Wee Cook Wednesday: Motel Cookery

Happy Martin Luther King Day! Okay, it’s almost over now — at our house, MLK Day is also Sarah’s birthday — and I have a moment to write a bit about the past few days, which I spent (a) with my Sweetie, (b) and our kids, (c) and WITHOUT the computer. Ah, the sheer bliss of it.  Four of us, in one room, the kids bouncing off the wall from the sheer excitement of an acre of water park just beneath us. Craig attended Code Mash, and brought us along this year — the conference went so well, I’m hoping they’ll be able to do […]
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January 13, 2010
January 13, 2010
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New Resource for Adoption in China

I received this note in the comment section of another post, and thought it merited its own post: “My non-profit recently published a new book on Chinese adoptive parenting that has some similar stories. “The Dragon Sisterhood: A Guide to Chinese Adoptive Parenting” and we address some of these issues. It can be found on our blog. I’m wondering if you wouldn’t mind sharing that with your readers. Thanks!”
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January 8, 2010
January 8, 2010
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Laying My Burden Down…

Today in cyberspace I came across this post that talked about how we all walk through life carrying a burden like some oversized suitcase. For some, it’s divorce. For others, it’s infertility or some dark moment(s) from the past. Our children each have a suitcase, too. One of the things that struck me about this post is the idea that each of us have to learn how to take out and lay down the heaviest junk in our suitcase, so we can carry it. This doesn’t come naturally … and in point of fact, it’s something that in an ideal world parents teach their children. When […]
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December 30, 2009
December 30, 2009
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An Adoption Story: When Reunification Works

Today I was deeply moved by Amanda’s story over at Mrs. R’s House.   When she was talking with her dad (an adoption attourney) about finding her birthmother, he recommended that she wait until after she was married, rather than proceeding immediately upon turning 18.  According to her dad, many adoptions that take place in that critical year end badly because of what is going on in the birthparents lives at that time. (This won’t be true for all, of course, but because of his background he had more than anecdotal information to draw from.) The state in Amanda was raised (I believe Utah) provides […]
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December 9, 2009
December 9, 2009
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Another Country Heard From: China Adoption

This morning I noticed a link to my blog at “China Adoption,” and stopped by to check out the blog. Sadly, this is not the first time I’ve been attacked by a mandatory open records advocate, and I suspect it won’t be the last. However, I’m not alone in advocating for a standard of mutual consent with regard to birth records. The situation is simply not as cut-and-dried as the open records advocates suggest. And frankly, parents who adopt internationally come from a very different place than those of us who foster-adopt or who adopt domestically. Because of this it’s very easy — but also very unfair […]
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November 15, 2009
November 15, 2009
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Miracle Monday: Letter from a Birth Mom

Today at The R House I came across this letter from a birthmother to her child, explaining the way she came to decide on adoption. Mrs.R’s post “Another Reason I Love Open Adoption” is a compelling one. And I wanted to pass it along in case you’re interested in reading about open adoption. (I believe Mrs. R is a foster-adoptive mother.) Bottom line: The birth mom in this letter had a loving, supportive friend made it possible for her to weigh her options — all her options — completely and without judgment.  You can read the story here. Like many young moms, she started out vascillating between […]
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