My Perfect Breakdown

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I have one person in my real-life who has both biological children and adopted children.  She has known about our struggles for a while, and when I told her we are choosing to adopt I indicated that we are excited and also slightly terrified. Her response to this was nothing short of brilliance: It does not matter how a baby comes into your life, they are all exciting and terrifying. I think… Read More

I’ve never been a girly girl. In fact, as a child you would have probably called me a tom-boy.  (Hold onto your hat, I am going to use a tonne of gender stereotypes today). I spent countless hours doing the typical girl things – sewing lessons, brownies, making friendship bracelets, babysitting to earn spending money, etc. While I enjoyed the time with my mom and sister, these activities were not my idea… Read More