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Mom Guilt 3.0: Just in Time for the Holidays!
As our seventh-grade daughter is on the verge of becoming an official teenager, I have learned that: (1) I am the bane of her existence, (2) I am irrelevant (unless there is a request for a sleepover or a …
Continue reading...Adoption Through Craigslist: It’s Not Really So Sensational
Sunday, November 25, 2012
As a mother by adoption, nothing gets my ire up more than sensational and judgmental stories about families formed by adoption. When it comes to having children, our society — mostly goaded on by many in the media — …
Continue reading...Going to Charlotte!
Monday, August 27, 2012
Guess who’s going to the Democratic National Convention? Yup! I’m super-excited that I’m going to be headed to Charlotte to experience my second presidential convention and my first one with the Democrats. (I covered a Republican Convention back in …
Continue reading...PunditMom’s Weekend Picks!
Saturday, April 21, 2012
You know you’re always looking for something new to read over the weekend! Here are some picks for you from some of the blogs I’ve been reading this week: Kristen at Rage Against the Minivan takes on the question of …
Continue reading...Hey Ron Paul Fans: Leave Huntsman’s Daughters Out of This!
Friday, January 6, 2012
Last time I checked I thought that using candidates’ children as targets of attack was pretty much off limits, especially after the 2000 presidential campaign when supporters of George W. Bush engaged in “push polling” to suggesting that John McCain’s …
Continue reading...Five Things This Feminist Mom is Grateful for on Mother’s Day — A Reprise
Sunday, May 8, 2011
This one was one of my favorites from last year. So I figured — if it was good enough for Mother’s Day 2010, it should still be good for 2011! Sure, I get to leave the dishes in the sink …
Continue reading...Five Things This Feminist Mom is Grateful for on Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Sure, I get to leave the dishes in the sink and the dirty laundry in the hamper today. And it’s great that “some people” (you know who you are!) are going to make me dinner tonight, but on the tenth …
Continue reading...One Way Adoption Isn’t Like Having a Biological Child
Thursday, April 22, 2010
“This is where I was found.” That’s what PunditGirl told her class when we presented a slide show of photos from our recent trip of a lifetime — one that will result in the first memories our daughter has of …
Continue reading...A Taste of China
Thursday, March 25, 2010
So, we made it and we are nearing the end of week one on our whirlwind tour of China! Unfortunately, PunditGirl is a bit under the weather, so today we are missing the Giant Buddha, but we want her to …
Continue reading...Ready or Not, Here We Come!
Friday, March 19, 2010
At the Summer Palace in Beijing, there is a tourist attraction called The Long Corridor. It doesn’t seem so long at first, but it’s a hefty little stroll along Kunming Lake. The paintings almost bring the ancient royal families to …
Continue reading...Mothers of Intention — Are We Going to Let Haitian Orphans Die?
Monday, January 18, 2010
As a mom by adoption to the fabulous PunditGirl, it was difficult for me to watch all the footage in the past days about the many orphans in Haiti — especially the ones who have parents who are just waiting…
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