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Big Brother
A Look Back Part 3 Part 1: A Year Ago Part 2: Expanding Part 3: Adoption Part 4: A Quiver Full Part 5: Small Town Part 6: Just Picking Up a Prescription Part 7: Hola, Adios Several years ago Cindy was...
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Once Upon a Time (Part 1): The Monkey
Some people think the baby of the family always gets what they want. But really, as the baby of the family myself (sort of, I have a twin sister who’s eight minutes older) I seldom got what I wanted,...
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Once Upon a Time (Part 2): The Leader of the Band
In Part 1, I wrote about the little guy we call the Monkey, our attempts to bring him into our home, and the loss of my job that eventually stopped the adoption process. Ultimately, I’d lost sight of...
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Mufasa’s Boy
I posted on Twitter several weeks back that we’ve been working with the Monkey on potty training and that a boy first hears his father say “I’m proud of you” after a successful effort on the toilet....
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And he shall be …
Yesterday we appeared in juvenile court to formally petition custody of the Monkey. The whole day was surreal, like the day I got married. It was something long in the making and it’d finally arrived....
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Guatemalan Pizza
A few weeks ago we had pizza with Gabriel’s grandmother Becky. Though we’ve shared plenty of meals together over the years, it may have been the first time we had pizza together, the first time since...
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Alabaster Tears (Part 11): Something to Talk About
My eleventh and final post on topics ranging from holidays to the glory of a woman’s hair (and a man’s if it looks good!) to the pregnant girl who sat in front of me in senior English class. You may...
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New Site — a gift of hope
Here it is: a new site with a new name, with a new purpose, with a new posting schedule. Many of you are likely aware that for two years I posted regularly at a site called Say What You Will, which...
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