Sitcom material and hockey gold…

Brian and I often say our lives would make a good sitcom. Take today, for instance, when we were in our local grocery store getting a few snacks for the Canada vs. USA Olympic hockey game. (Yay, Canada! What a close and exciting game!!) It’s no secret that I’m a bit of a health food [...]

Read Full Post »

Thinking about privacy

I’ve been thinking a lot about privacy issues on the internet for some time — it’s a big topic. I do love the internet — it’s opened up all kinds of blessings and possibilities. It’s also an integral part of my work and will become even more so in the future. But there are important [...]

Read Full Post »

Teklemariam

I’ve been meaning to post this video for a week. It’s a 3 minute window into the life and training of Ethiopian Winter Olympics athlete, Robel  Teklemariam. It was fun to see a few quick shots of Addis Ababa in the background. I didn’t get to see Teklemariam ski; he wasn’t in the top contenders [...]

Read Full Post »

Ouch.

The outside upper part of my left arm is a bit sore today. We had the first of our three Hepatitis B shots. The vaccine, plus the visit to Passport Health, totaled about $250. At this rate, we’re going to need to win the lottery. Our insurance, great in most respects, doesn’t cover travel vaccines. [...]

Read Full Post »

One mom’s reflections six months later

I find a lot of helpful things on adoptive boards and blogs. Here’s a post by an adoptive mom who writes about her adoption of siblings six month’s later. I like her honesty.

Read Full Post »

The difference a verb makes

I had what I guess could be called an A-ha moment today. You know, one of those times when something dawns on you for the first time or in a new way. I participated in an interesting conversation on an adoption discussion board. One of the moms asked how other parents handle discussing adoption with [...]

Read Full Post »

You Go Girl.

Is it just me or would this actually be really helpful in Ethiopia??

Read Full Post »

Lent begins

Even now, return to me… These are the words that spoke to me today at Ash Wednesday Mass. They come from Joel 2:12 in the Old Testament. In his sermon, the priest focused on the meaning of the words “even now,” emphasizing God’s ever-present invitation to us no matter what the past has been. Return [...]

Read Full Post »

Ethiopian adoptions in the news again

Last night’s segment about Ethiopian adoption on CBS is making the rounds on adoption boards and blogs today. Kelly at Uninterrupted Prosperity has some good analysis and comments. I wanted to say a few things myself… The clip can be seen here, if you want to watch it. The story focuses on an agency called [...]

Read Full Post »

Ethiopia’s winter star

As you know by now, it’s been nothing but snow around there and if you think that snow and Ethiopia couldn’t possibly go together, that cool guy above will be happy to prove you wrong. His name is Robel Teklemariam, and he’s the lone Ethiopian athlete in this winter’s Olympic games in Vancouver. Teklemariam is [...]

Read Full Post »