Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

A Better Year

posted by K | filed under Adoption, Pregnancy | 8 Comments

Last week, my mom and I went on our annual buying trip to Houston. I’d forgotten until I stepped off the airplane and into Terminal B that this airport was the very place where 2009 began to spin out of control. It was here, on the tram, that I got a phone call from our [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

My Life Is an Australian Christmas Movie

posted by K | filed under Uncategorized | 5 Comments

In the 80′s, this horrible Christmas movie always came on TV during the holidays. Set in the Australian Outback, it was all about this poor farming family and their trials and tribulations. There’s a devastating brush fire, and a creepy thief Santa, and the freakin’ pet dingo dies! Being the kind of kids who found [...]

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009

Happy Times Are Here Again … Maybe

posted by K | filed under Adoption | 8 Comments

Last week I said I had a feeling something good was about to happen. After the emotionally tumultuous prior three weeks, I felt a sudden calm about it all. I listened to happy songs on my iPod instead of lingering on the depressing ones. I stopped subjecting D to tearful, woe-is-me rants. I realized one [...]