Last month was our 10-year wedding anniversary. Woohoo! Most of our "how to be awesome at marriage" advice is about preparation and conversations to have before getting married. One thing we do work on though is emotional upkeep, something that's important in any marriage but especially when there's pre-marriage trauma and the kind of stress that … Continue reading How to be “Good at Therapy”
Last weekend I met two people I didn't know (well, one knew me as a child) and both of them said they had read our blog and knew our story. I don't think I can adequately describe how it feels when I hear that, to know so many people are reading our blog without having … Continue reading Getting Back to It
A few months ago we went to Disneyland and it was...so fantastic. Disneyland is already one of my favorite places, Disneyland with kids is giddy and magical and all things childhood should be.We don't live very far from Disneyland so we were planning to leave in the morning and drive it in one leisurely go, … Continue reading First Disneyland Trip
Last weekend we took a quick trip to Seattle and Portland for my cousin's daughter's baptism. It was a great weekend crammed with doing lots of fantastic things and seeing lots of fantastic people. I'll do a post about that trip later, but this post is about meeting one person in particular - my birth … Continue reading Six Tips for Meeting Your Birth Family for the First Time
Noah has been gone a little over four months (still not even as long as he was here with us) and today we're just now feeling okay enough to start putting his clothes and things into storage. That's how Daniel and I spent our evening last night. I'm glad we didn't try to rush through … Continue reading Packing His Things
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