For the last year and a half I’ve written about our lives together. Adoption was often the focal point of those writings. To my surprise very little of what I wrote was inspired by how others reacted to our family. Strangers haven’t stopped and asked us “Where’s your daughter from?” or “How much did she cost?”. […]
Archives for October 2013
Just One
We spent most of Sunday with two children. Not even the whole day. Both children were relatively well-behaved. We didn’t have to deal with any kiddie insanity or meltdowns, just run of the mill annoyances and the constant awareness expected from any parent. Even this was too much. As Jenn, Penelope, and I drove home […]
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Tales From the Crib
The next fifteen years flashed before me. I stood in the doorway looking at Penelope, feeling heartsick and unprepared. Jenn prepared Penelope’s room like every other night. I didn’t help; I didn’t want to move. I wanted things to stay exactly as they were for as long as possible. I asked myself how it was […]
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Dad
Several years ago my dad was diagnosed with cancer. This after several years of misdiagnosis. He’s been cancer free for a few years now. In all that time I never worried about him, never thought he would succumb to the rogue cells wreaking havoc in his body. I either possessed some sixth sense about the […]
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Tagline
I’d like to come up with a tagline for this site. In the last year I’ve had two; “The Write Side of Fatherhood” and “China. Adoption. Parenthood.” I don’t like either of them. First, the implication of “the write/right” side of anything evokes images of people who have all their stuff together. This is a […]
