National Adoption Day this Saturday

16 Nov 2009 01:08 AM

Each November is National Adoption Month. Many adoption organizations and adoptive parent groups have activities. But in recent years the centerpiece of National Adoption Month has been National Adoption Day, when adoptions are celebrated in a festive manner.

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: What Does Work?

14 Nov 2009 01:34 PM

I've whined about my plateau in several of the last blogs. I've talked about my problems. (I hope they've been some use to somebody, if only to let you know I commiserate with you.

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times...

12 Nov 2009 12:32 PM

This week I finally dropped below the level where I'd plateaued for so long...and then, according to this morning's scale, I put four pounds back on. In four days.

Book Review: In My Heart, by Molly Bang

08 Nov 2009 09:12 PM

I finally have my wish, which I blogged about nearly three years ago, to see pictures of adoptive families in books that aren't specifically about adoption. In My Heart, by author-illustrator Molly Bang, is a wonderful author and illustrator who has received three Caldecott Honors.

Racism, Current Events, and Halloween History

31 Oct 2009 08:08 PM

Not many people know what Halloween meant to the early Celtic Christians of Ireland. I knew that the name "Hallow-even" meant "eve of All Hallows (All Saints' Day), a feast day still celebrated by many Christian denominations.

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: The Good Mood Diet Review

30 Oct 2009 03:03 PM

The Good Mood Diet, by Susan Kleiner, is a book this "Foodie" mom has found helpful. Kleiner is a registered dietitican experienced in working with both weight loss groups (which included people with chronic illnesses) and also professional- and Olympic-caliber athletes.

Book Review: Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture

29 Oct 2009 11:21 PM

My last blog wondered about the impact of anti-immigrant feelings, worsened by economic conditions, on international adoptees and their families. In that blog, I quoted from the book Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture.

Will Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Affect Adopted Children?

28 Oct 2009 04:21 PM

School conferences were a revelation to a mother of a middle-school daughter who had been adopted from Guatemala, but even more of a revelation to her teachers. The girl had reported that the teachers never called on her class.

Tags: adoption | immigration | racism

An Alternative (Please!) to the Adoption of the Month Club

24 Oct 2009 07:59 PM

In my last blog, referring to various obituaries written about Patrick Swayze, I talked about how calling attention to a person's adoption without reason can seem to make a false distinction between permanently adopted family members and other permanent family members.

Confessions of a Foodie Mom: Soup "Cravings" and Cookies by the Fire

23 Oct 2009 12:59 AM

I'm not doing terribly well in the weight loss department. After a warm and sunny summer and September, we've had some of what Winnie-the-Pooh would definitely call "blustery days". I just want to curl up by the fireplace and listen to the rain on the roof.