Operation Thankful: Blogging
If you had asked me five years ago what blogging was I couldn’t have told you. In fact, I’m not sure if very many people could have told you what blogging was back then. But blogging has taken the...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Journaling
I am thankful for my journal and journaling. I began journaling when Charlie was just a few months old. I’d never been too good at keeping a journal but remember reading online somewhere that it was a...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Small Moments
I’m not feeling so hot today as my sweet son shared his cold/virus with me, but I at least wanted to post my thankful post for the day. In the general hustle and bustle of everyday life, we tend to...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Poetry
I love poetry. I never dreamed back in high school when I was getting frustrated trying to find the symbolism in stanza after stanza of poetry, that one day I would actually be thankful for poetry. But...
View ArticleThankful: School Stories
School is a big part of childhood. After all, we spend a huge chunk of our childhood in school. Charlie started kindergarten this year and his first day was at the end of August. His first day of...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Phone calls with A.
I am thankful for the phone calls with A. (Charlie’s adoptive mom) that I receive as part of our open adoption. We don’t have any kind of written agreement that says we should have “x” number of phone...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Charlie’s Sister
I am thankful for Charlie’s big sister, N. N is adopted too and was about four years old when I was pregnant and making an adoption plan. She was (and still is) very cute and sweet and I enjoyed the...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Big Brother
My title doesn’t mean my big brother in the literal sense. I only have a younger brother. Instead my title is referring to the Big Brother reality television show. I know, you are probably wondering...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Not Adoption Related and on The Light Side
This month, thanks to Jenna’s idea, I have written many posts about how I am thankful for various adoption related experiences and things in my life. It’s been fun and challenging as it is sometimes...
View ArticleOperation Thankful: Finale
I’m bailing out from “Operation Thankful” a few days early. Unfortunately my main computer crashed (I’m not thankful for that!) and I had my posts for the last days of November pre-written and saved on...
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