My latest column is up over at AFTH, and as usual, the link to it remains nestled in my sidebar. But in the interest of saving you a click or two, here’s what I had to say in the Fall installment of Musings of an Adoptive Mama:
Changing Leaves, Changing Minds
Some use the start of the [...]
Did ya hear that big sigh of relief yesterday? Yeah? Well it was me.
It seems things are moving in the right direction again as Maeve’s first mom has made contact, explained some absolutely valid and quite personal reasons for not being touch, and more communication seems to be in our near future.
Of course the details [...]
I’ve had this post in my head for quite a while now. It’s existed in parts, none of them very well-expressed or complete in form, but I’m tired of it rattling in my head, and weighing so heavily in my heart, that I’m setting it free. In doing so perhaps there will be some relief, [...]
So I recently abandoned some pre-parent feminist proclamations about not giving my future children toys that feed into stereotypical roles. A daughter wouldn’t be bathed in pink and frills and dolls and a son wouldn’t get a fishing pole and truck and baseball. They wouldn’t get these things, anyway, without some sort of counterbalance. So a daughter [...]
Fish Face, March 2006
Maeve holding grandma’s hands on court finalization day
One year ago this week we sat next to our attorney, in front of a judge, and swore to love Maeve forever.
The day’s sights and sounds are as clear in my mind as if it were today: Waiting in the hallway with other families, children [...]
Here’s my contribution to The ‘Dear Me’ Project.
Dear 2005 Me (a pre-mama mamagigi),
I know that right now you are aching to be a mother and most times it feels like it will never happen, and that no one understands the hole in your heart.
I know that right now your daydreams and even your nightdreams are filled with hopes of [...]
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round,
round and round, all … day … long.
The doors on the bus go open and shut, open and shut,
open and shut, all … day … long.
Since Maeve was about a year old, her love of music and her animated participation in singing this, or any song [...]
Love is your birth mother playing with you in the park.
June 2006
Happy Love Thursday, everyone!
May your day include all sorts of playful and unexpected love.
For more posts of love on this Love Thursday,
visit Love Is All Around and Love Thursday: Love is All Around Us.
Meeting Maeve: Her ‘Wave’ Hello
In one phone call a year and a half ago this week, I became a mom. And almost exactly 24 hours after receiving The Call that would forever change my life, I met my daughter.
My husband and I watched her get wheeled into the hospital nursery where we sat with anticipation. She had [...]
Maeve, December 2006
Having dug out from piles of ribbons, wrapping paper and leftovers, I’ve had the opportunity the last few days off from work to sit back and watch Maeve. Really watch her. The kind of watching that brings you somewhere else, where you revisit dreams and hopes and fears, and think of how you [...]
