We found the solution to all parenting issues. One word folks: iPad. It’s as if Moses himself came down from Mt. Sinai with the commandments on a digital tablet. Sometimes Jenn and I need a moment or two for ourselves, to relax or talk without interruption. Food, especially the sweet variety, does the trick but doesn’t […]
The Other Pictures
The wonders of digital photography. We can shoot a hundred pictures and select the best. What most people do, including myself, is keep all the photos and say we’ll weed out the bad and blurry shots later. On several occasions Jenn and I have enjoyed hearty laughs from some of those “bad” photos. This weekend supplied it’s […]
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The Unexpected Reaction
Penelope and I visited a new Mandarin class Sunday afternoon. We arrived at the Emory campus and made our way from the parking garage to the class. I marveled at all I missed skipping out on the “university experience”. A place and time of learning and leisure, mortgaging future earnings in the hope of a […]
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Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
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?”. […]
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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 […]
