PunditMom

A Taste of China

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 …

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Ready or Not, Here We Come!

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 …

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Happy Mother’s Day, China Mom

Here’s an essay I wanted to share that I wrote a couple of years ago. Plenty of my bloggy friends are getting ready to give birth. But some of us became mothers in a different way, though adoption. There’s another …

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The First Line

I have been dragging my feet on a big project for some time now. I cleared most of the extraneous things from my calendar. I’m ‘just saying no’ to things I otherwise would have said yes to — writing projects, …

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A Journey of a Thousand Miles

Well, maybe a thousand miles is a bit of an exaggeration, but today, I’m taking the first step on a journey I’ve been wanting to make for some time — the path to piece together, as much as possible, the …

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Not a Saint, Just a Mom

I can’t help cringing when people say, “Oh, you’re such a good mother.” I’m not tooting my own horn. I mention it because those comments feel so unwarranted. We’re all good moms in our own ways, but the “good mom” …

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ChinaMom

We’ve talked a lot with PunditGirl about her biological parents in age-appropriate terms ever since she was just a toddler. We’ve read books to her that talk about the subject and have always answered her questions honestly. But the honest …

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