When last heard from, our intrepid blogger was wallowing in the misery of waiting for The Call. Sadly, not much has changed on that front… A few months ago I looked at my calendar and realized that between April 2015 and February 2016, I had never been in town for more than 35 consecutive days. …
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So many drafts, so few publishable ones
This may be the longest stretch I have gone in a long time without posting anything here. It is not for lack of writing. The drafts are busy piling up. But I have withheld them all because they were little more than me whining about just how hard waiting is. Trust me, it is hard. …
Silence is not so golden
Once again I find myself struggling to write blog posts. The drafts are beginning to pile up so I thought I might give it another go. Since I know many of you are checking in here for news of the adoption, let me assure you that there is nothing going on. There continue to be …
November is for writing
My responsibilities at AgileBits have changed over the past couple of years. As with the rest of my experience at AG, I am incredibly fortunate that these changes are for the better. In addition to doing the technical support work that I love, I now have taken on some responsibilities for writing and editing. I …
No news does not equal good news
Things have been crazy busy this month, but not for the reasons that we would have liked. There has been travel, niecelettes, a wedding, nieces, cousins and even an illness to keep me distracted. And we have grand schemes planned through January, although we would happily rejigger things for a phone call (hear that universe?) Actually, …
Words and deeds
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read this blog or talked to me for 15 minutes that I adore my twin niecelettes. David aside (he fits in another category), they are the two most important people to come into my life since my brother was born many years ago (he just had …
Practicing Patience
I generally consider myself a patient person. Enough so that I am fairly confident that I would make it through the marshmallow experiment without issue. But lately I feel like my patience is really being tested. And I see that as a good thing. I figure the more I am able to determine my limits …
How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice. Yesterday I took care of a friend’s 7 month old while she went to the dentist. This is not news. I have been babysitting since before I hit double digits. But this time felt different. This time it felt like a trial run at parenting. And not just because I got the opportunity to manage a hungry …
All Quiet on the Western Front. Well, sort of…
We have been fully approved and are now in the adoption pool. We’ve contacted our adoption lawyer, are editing our wills and have all the basics we need for the first week of having a baby at home. From here on out we just wait for a call asking if we want a given birthmother …
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That Unsettled Feeling
I am back in Portland and fully recovered from my jetlag. We also seem to be on a short hiatus from the awful heat. By all rights I should be going for a walk. Right now. The heat has definitely thrown me off my walking. As did my travel. But I think what really did it …