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My daughter left for sleepover camp tonight. I raced back from Blogher in New York City to drive her down a gravel laneway ever closer to her grownup self. It is a little thing for some, developmental grains of sand slipping through a timer. But, I have learned, as a speaker, an adoption advocate and most of all an adoptive parent, there are very few little things when you are adopted. Everything is amplified. Everything is different. How does adoption at camp differ than any other camp experience? In a lot of ways actually. From separating from parents and understanding…
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Instagram courtesy of Brooke Berry (with her son)Brooke writes at http://www.hiretoinspire.blogspot.ca/ My blog thriftymommastips.com is on the grow again. No secret my budding tweens and school aged kids are far too old for baby items and toddler products too. Mine are more inclined to be asking to do babysitting these days than to be asking to review baby products. In fact, baby stuff is not so cool when you are eight. Although some days I wish it were so. Luckily I have a new and fabulous blogger Brooke Berry, of Calgary, a mom of three and a really lovely lady. So…
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How do you like your coffee? I am a double double Canadian girl. Timmie’s in the morning makes me happy. Oh, and don’t get me started on my Tassimo. It will be a great hardship for me going to the cottage and not having it nearby. But that’s okay. I will tough it out. Because one of my favourite creamers will come with me and that makes everything better. a Rafflecopter giveaway For months I have been seeing this Natural Bliss by Coffee Mate on line and I have been anxiously awaiting a taste. Last week at Blogher 12 I…
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No secret that dentistry, planned or unplanned, can leave the average person out of pocket for hundreds, perhaps even thousands of dollars. If you don’t have insurance, what’s a family to do? Luckily DentalPlans has some answers to your dental needs. With plans that start at $79.95 a year, you can help your family save. I am all about the savings here, so this is one service that caught my eye. Plans start at the low price of $79.95 for single patients and $129.95 for families. That’s a good deal less than many dental insurance plans. As a mom of…
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green is a movie about infertility, adoption, special needs and a wee bit of magic. You can see why I was literally vibrating with glee in anticipation of seeing it. All the themes I deal with and wrestle down daily. It might be a stretch to call it a brilliantly acted film, but it is entertaining, heart-warming and a bit of an emotional roller coaster as you can see by the trailer. I was fortunate to be invited to the preview in New York City and the after party on a rooftop patio in Manhattan.…
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My first trip to Time Square New York City for Blogher 12. It was a day of endless delayed flights and then finally we were there, dead exhausted and hungry as could be, but the thing about the city that never sleeps is that it’s far too exciting to even think about a silly little thing like shut eye. So we explored instead. Wordless Wednesday is a linky hosted on several blogs.
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The Barbies are dreaming, dancing, laughing, growing, breathing live stories into my daughter’s pink room again. In my daughter’s hands, their adventures are never dull. From the time my children were first adopted Barbie has been a big part of their lives in this house full of girls. When I speak to groups of potential adoptive parents I always tell the story of my children becoming sisters. And the Barbie’s role in that process is key.From the start my oldest girl loved her Barbies. She was not yet three when this Midge doll in full painted bikini was gifted to…
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A photo of birth Mom and birth Dad sits in Ainsley’s room on her dresser. It is impossible to miss. A paper printout captured fast, by Ainsley’s first fostermom, a gut reaction from an experienced foster parent who instinctively knew they were about to run. Caught in a lie of some sort involving drugs, alcohol, crimes that may or may not have meant they could parent a baby. The day after the photo, they fled the hospital. I am grateful to the core of my being for this tangible thing my daughter has, ever so small a mirror of her…
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(This is a sponsored post – Conte’s Pasta has sponsored me for Blogher ’12. ) In 1970, Angela Conte came to the U.S.A from Italy with her husband and three sons. They arrived in New York and moved to the suburb of Boston, MA. Angela Conte was an avid watcher of her mother and grandmother and she learned well the passion of creating fresh pasta. At a very young age, she spent many hours in the kitchen learning how to build semolina flour into fresh pasta dough. Many days, the grownup Angela, she would make pasta for her family and…