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Just Added Something I May Regret

Published on February 26, 2009 By spyderkl

Even though we are adoptive parents, and even though we have an ongoing relationship with some members of School Girl’s family of origin, I don’t write that much about adoption. For some reason, I lost my mind this morning and signed up for Heather‘s new blogring. If my story can serve as an example to [...]

Happy Birthday, Baby

Published on February 26, 2009 By spyderkl

This morning, School Girl woke up as usual. She ran downstairs and opened up one of her presents and a card. The present was from a friend of mine, who also has a daughter. The card was from Evil Dad and me; complete with fake/paper tattoos, a new obsession. (As an aside, I’m brushing up [...]

It’s almost birthday time

Published on February 17, 2009 By spyderkl

No, not mine, thank heavens. So because I’ve got so much to do – and I’m pulling off a lot of my most favorite things from Facebook – here’s yet another meme.

Vanishing

Published on February 13, 2009 By spyderkl

It’s almost School Girl’s birthday. Which means it’s almost time for our annual round-o-visits. It’s not the way it sounds, believe me. I like having School Girl in contact with the other part of her family. I know that M’s parents love having her in their lives, and we tend to visit/call each other more [...]

I’ve tried to write about this

Published on December 17, 2008 By spyderkl

…I have. Really. But there hasn’t been an attempt that doesn’t seem, well, self-indulgent. As an adoptive parent, I don’t think that’s the appropriate response, so I’m just going to point to Dawn’s post. It’s about someone, a fellow adoptive parent, who appears to be having a difficult time imagining herself on the other side [...]