Wow, my blog is still here! It’s been a whirlwind few weeks, but everything is ok. Both of my gorgeous moms are still fighting their battles- my mom will be getting a mastectomy in January, and my MIL is halfway through her chemo- she’s tough, but I’m worried. She’s so, so little. At Thanksgiving she [...]

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I caught up with an old friend tonight. You know, one of those friends you don’t talk to for five years, but you fall in as though it were yesterday you last heard their voice.
This lady and I have a long and illustrious history. She was the first person I ever hero-worshipped. You see, [...]

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The fact that I’m a sista from another mother has been on my mind this week, as Columbus Day is my coming home day. For you non-adopted folks, what that means is that, although I was born in August, I met my parents for the first time in October. [...]

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I knew when I woke up it probably wouldn’t be a great day. It almost never is when your mom’s having surgery, cause, well. It’s one of those necessary but not fun things. But never did I think I would travel into the land of complete meltdown where I found myself by mid-afternoon. Let me [...]

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When I was about eleven, I suddenly came into my own musically. All of the years I’d spent content with my parent’s show tunes and 50’s songs were out the window, and I wanted to rock.
It started with the Rolling Stones, as so many things do. I listened to “Paint it Black” over and [...]

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