“Be careful how you phrase that question about egg rolls,” a comment from someone near and dear might go. “Jill’s sensitive about Chinese stuff.” adoption My two boys are adopted from China. My nearest and dearest have commented on my “adoption sensitivity” a time or 700 over the past few years. But I don’t think…
Everyone around me is in back-to-school mode. My own kids start school in five days and I hope like hell I’ve bought everything on their two mile long supply list because the thought of going back into Walmart one more time makes me twitchy. As my two five-year-old bundles of energy and terror gear up…
We’ve made it through the terrible twos (which really aren’t that bad), the terrible threes (which really are that bad) and we find ourselves smack in the middle of the effing fours (which make me want to drink and say lots of bad words). The preschool years are messy, exhausting, and whiz by all too…
I don’t suck at motherhood because I take antidepressants To my dear readers: When I first starting writing, most of my material was adoption-specific because it was the biggest thing going on in my life. I would read all kinds of blog posts and Facebook status updates about what a miracle adoption was and how families…
I don’t know my son’s birthday. He has an official birth date of record. Someday he will go to the DMV to apply for a driver’s license and there is a date he will put down. It’s probably pretty close to the actual day he was born but that piece of the puzzle, that nugget…
School day mornings don’t have to suck… I have mixed feelings about the start of the school year rolling around again. The lightning speed of which the summer zipped by is both a relief and mildly depressing, but regardless of how I feel about it, one thing’s for sure: it is here and our lazy…
I cannot believe back-to-school time is almost upon us. I am sort of in denial, although I am a little more ahead of the game than normal – which means I have probably forgotten something really important and just don’t know it yet. School clothes – check. School supplies – check. Did you guys know…
I’m going to be 49 this year. Forty-nine. I can’t decide how I feel about that. I’m happy I’ve survived this long and that I’m living a relatively happy, healthy and productive life, yadda yadda yadda, but that nagging little inner voice keeps whispering “you’re old.” Make that screaming…my inner voice is a loudmouth. My…
I’ve been on what I like to call the adoption crazy train since 2011, when we first decided to adopt our son Zack from China. For those of you who are new here, welcome, and I’ll take a second to catch you up. We adopted our son Zack in 2012 after our daughter Laura was…
The best, easiest crockpot chicken recipe around! I love my crockpot. If I were clever and poetic, I would write an ode to my crockpot. If I had to name one thing in my kitchen that I absolutely can’t live without…well, it’s actually my Keurig, but my crockpot is a close second. We live in…