Emily Y
Black, White and Love All Over
What's the official definition for the nifty new term transracial?
(Muster up your best school teacher voice.) Transracial: across or crossing racial boundaries.
Sounds adventurous, doesn't it? (Oh, and it's an adjective if you're in to that kinda...
The Cost of Adoption
It's no secret that adoption costs are a necessary reality and often a significant amount. In doing a bit of research for this post, I polled several friends who've created their families via adoption....
Potty Training Confession
Remember when I worried and fretted over potty training my two-year-old doll? (For those of you just tuning in to this soap opera, click here to relive the failure of the first attempt and...
Our Adoption Story
The Mister and I had only been dating a few months when a medical test revealed that birth children were not possible for us. (How's that for jumping right into the story?) I cried for...
Safeway's 'My SimpleNutrition'
Who needs some help in the kitchen? Well we are excited to share this great new program with you! Tom Thumb, along with the other Safeway grocery stores, just launched a new shopping and...
Figuring Out Food Allergies
When my little girl was 18 months old, she ingested a small amount of hummus . . . like the size of a pencil eraser (that may be generous). She quickly spat it out...
The Adoption Process
After we decided on Hope Cottage Pregnancy and Adoption center as our agency of choice, the hubs and I were full throttle in the adoption process. (To learn more about picking an agency, click...