During this holiday season, big thankfulness is what we usually aim for. Yet there are countless opportunities to feel gratitude for the small things. This is one of my moments of micro-thankfulness*.
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I’m well aware of …

It’s November, and you know what THAT means.
Decisions and predictions. As in those two words that give me hives: open enrollment.
For those who are fortunate enough to have a job –  a job with benefits …

I had long struggled with the idea of adoption as a second choice — pregnancy being the default setting and thus the first choice.
Why the struggle? After all, I had ended up in exactly the …

A couple of Saturdays ago, I, PrincessDIE!, and my husband, Osama bin Skatin, took our children on a family date night. Where did we find good, clean fun?
At the Denver Roller Dolls matchup of the …

In January of 2003 I took a crash course on bi-polar disorder in children.
In a weekly email, our adoption agency told us and other waiting families about a situation. Normally it doesn’t happen this …

CONTEST CLOSED. CONGRATULATIONS TO WINNERS JANELLE HRUBY AND ELENA DAVIS-STENHOUSE!
My face hurts from smiling. I’ve just taken my kids to JungleQuest.
And watched them fly through the air with the greatest of ease. And swing and …

My Dad once told me that we are all TABs: Temporarily Able-Bodied. Being young and invincible, I dismissed his statement as a middle-aged mope.
Years later, I finally see what he means.
In February of …