Ever had one of those days?? You know, when your emotional reserves are drained and the kids all seem to be on a hair trigger, ready to explode at the slightest provocation? The kind where everyone’s Dr. Jekyll has been replaced by Mr. Hyde? In the past, I would have thought a … [Read more...]
We’re Expecting Twins?
Expecting Twins? The call came (mostly) out of the blue in February 2015. On the other end of the line was the director of the adoption agency we were working with. Her question to us: Would we like to adopt twins? My heart and brain stopped. Just stopped. We had an 18 … [Read more...]
Sharing Our Open Adoption Story
November is Adoption Awareness Month, and at the beginning of the month we were approached to share our open adoption journey with Alberta viewers. I have struggled over whether to share this here, as it is really opening us up as a family, but feel compelled to do so. For … [Read more...]
Help Cleaning Up
Cleaning Up - Beginning As We Intend To Proceed Today, my husband sent me a link to an article from the National Post entitled How to get your kids involved in housework - and curb that sense of entitlement by David Kates. We had quite the chat about the topic! At the end, we … [Read more...]