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Yeah, that’s the gist of this week’s column: I’m a StepDad. It’s not as cool as bein’ The Dad, but it’s better than not having kids, and not having kids seems kinda sad. I’m not trying to rag on stepparenting, but I’ve wanted to bare my soul on this subject for quite some time, and […]

We just got back from two (two!) 2 family reunions with my husband’s family. One with his mom’s side, one with his dad’s side. In Denver, we saw Hockey God’s mom, uncle, cousins and their families. It was Western Welcome Week in Littleton, the suburb where his family lives.
In Vail, we saw his dad and […]

From Destiny’s bio - “I’m eleven years old, and I love to read. I love books and I read about three chapter books a day, and it isn’t just good for your health like you hear in school but it is also pretty fun!!”

Fish Head, by Jean Fritz, illustrated by Marc Simont

Fish […]

Eeyore’s favorite subject is science. This year we have learned about dinosaurs and birds. We are now working on the human body, animals, and will soon be doing a unit on volcanoes.
Learning about the human body has been pretty interesting for us both. We’ve been doing experiments to see how vocal cords work and taking […]

This summer, we were together.
We went to bed late and woke up late. We ate corn on the cob and munched on raspberries. We breathed a collective sigh of relief; only worrying about the next soccer game we were needed at. Our family swam in the pool and drank lemonade by […]

On a flight with my wife and 17-month old daughter, we found ourselves sitting in front of a striking family of four. The Mom was a basket case; her husband sat across the aisle and aggressively buried himself in a magazine. (He was no help: even when mom went to the bathroom, she took both […]

After a particularly difficult morning, I received a very welcome phone call. Miss C. wanted to touch base with me about Michael’s first day of school. We chatted quite a bit about the Open House this Thursday. I told her that Michael would be thrilled to come back to her classroom. He loves Miss C. […]

When I was younger (around 10), I decided that I would have an unmedicated birth. Why my ten year-old self was so concerned with birthin’ babies, I’m not quite sure.
Looking back on it now, I wonder if some of that determination to have a “natural” birth stemmed from me being adopted and wanting a […]

This past week, it was just Max and me at home. My husband was on a boys’ vacation, mountain biking in Vancouver, B.C. It’s been a life-long dream of his to bike his version of “Mecca”, and in exchange for our staying in Miami close to family, he now gets to go on a yearly […]

My 3 year old daughter has fallen in love with my husband’s childhood toy “Shogun Warrior.” She rocks him to sleep and serves him hot tea with honey. She sings him songs and snuggles with his hard plastic body. Yesterday she dressed him up and proclaimed that he was “beautiful.”
You might think […]