While our children lived in the orphanage in Russia, they were baptized Eastern Orthodox (Christian). The walls of their apartment had small icons on them, and the children’s caregiver wore a cross at her throat. We were pleased that our children had spent a year and half of their lives in a place where God […]
Choosing Hebrew Names
November 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Family · Parenting · adoption
The Economics Of Family Values
August 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment
We’ve spent some time on vacation this summer visiting relatives, and doing group vacation stuff. Issues have come up from time to time about who pays for what, and it causes some awkward moments, so I thought I’d open this up to the GNM Parents readers to discuss.
In Dan Ariely’s book (and blog) Predictably Irrational, […]
Tags: Family · Finance · Money · Parenting · society
Gossiping Good
June 25th, 2008 · 1 Comment
I went to the family reunion somewhat grudgingly.
A distant cousin had been doing research and discovered a pool of people that shared her great-great-grandfather. She planned a trip from Colorado to Michigan to Pennsylvania to Connecticut. She wondered if the Michigan people could meet.
So a bunch of people with Kies somewhere in their family tree […]
Tags: Activities · Family · Relationships
