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Happy Adoption Day Kyle & Owen!
(view out the windows from the Hotel Montana ~ January 31, 2005) Our 6th Adoption Day ~ January 31, 2011 Dear Kyle and Owen, Six years ago today we were with you in a hotel room in Haiti, … Continue reading
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Celebration of African Cultures 2011
Saturday we did our 4th annual day trip to Philly for the Celebration of African Cultures at the Penn Museum. This year we added a new twist: we went in early enough so that we had plenty of time to … Continue reading
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“Just Like My Brothers”
Meera loves to color. She colors for long stretches of time, multiple times, every day. Recently Braydon bought her what is now one of her absolute most prized possessions: a “Princess Coloring Book!” It is thick and full of pages … Continue reading
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“Saving” “Orphans”
I have been so out-straight lately. It isn’t even fathomable how over-extended and overwhelmed and over-done I am. My mind is spinning from one thing to the next faster than I can keep track of. School (for K & O, … Continue reading
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“The Seat Not Taken” by John Edgar Wideman
Today my mother-in-law/Braydon’s mother sent to us this (below) New York Times editorial from yesterday. I thought I’d post this today as it speaks to something that Braydon and I talk a lot about: the reality that although we’re raising … Continue reading
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New Black Hair & Skin Product Endorsements
Note: I have no connection, whatsoever, to any of the companies which produce the products I rave about here. They have no idea who I am and I receive nothing from them. Well, now that it is officially fall (we’ve … Continue reading
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“Or whoever he is”
Our little Thursday-Heather-teaches-late-night has quickly developed into a ritual where we go to our local pizza place (affectionately called “Sal’s” after the name of the man who makes pizza, although the place is not called Sal’s). We love the pizza there, … Continue reading
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A calm sea; currents run deep
Kyle is a sweet boy. He is our poet, our author, our teller of stories. Our boy of wondering what will happen, of “what if” and making sense of the big questions: God, inequality, the meaning of war, peace, Earthquakes, … Continue reading
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Field Notes from an Adoptive Mother: “Enjoying Your Summer?”
One day recently, at the very tail end of the summer, I took all three kids to McDonalds for lunch as a special treat for behaving (relatively) well while running errands with me that morning. We were there right at … Continue reading
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Celebration of African Cultures 2010
Kyle flaunts his moves in the center of the Hip-Hop circle! Yesterday we went into Philadelphia for the Celebration of African Cultures at the Penn Museum. This was our third year going. It has become such a great annual tradition … Continue reading
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Adoption Day 2010
Last year we spent our Adoption Day in NYC; the Statue of Liberty was the main event (click here and here). That was so great. It was hard to think of something great enough to hold up to that. But … Continue reading
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The Thick of It
a 6.1 “aftershock” this morning in Haiti. we, from a distance, cannot, should not, and will not, lose sight of this.
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3rd Annual ‘Haiti Christmas Party’
Yesterday was our 3rd Annual Christmas Party for our group of Pennsylvania-area family friends who have adopted from Haiti (click here for last year). There is just nothing like our twice-yearly get togethers with our fellow Haitian-American family friends. This … Continue reading
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Haiti Reunion Weekend
The first year we went to the Haiti Reunion we tented for the weekend with the boys (Meera was not even a glimmer in our eyes!). It was awesome. And we planned to always do that. And then –surprise surprise!– … Continue reading
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