June 28, 2008 June 28, 2008 June 2010 June 2010 Two years ago today, we were sitting in Washington's Dulles airport waiting for our flight home. Home for you to meet you daddy and your big brother. You smiled at me on occasion but more often than not gave me a look of suspicion as … Continue reading Zoëversary
Adoption
A Draft
This National Writing Project institute is intensive. It is amazing but intense. I haven't written creatively for a very long time. It is certainly what I enjoy writing the most but it is something I haven't written in a long while. Who has the time to write for oneself in an honest and true way … Continue reading A Draft
Mother’s Day 2010
I am so very lucky. Last year we planted 3 rose bushes on Mother's day weekend in honor of me, Noah's Ethiopian mom and Zoë's Ethiopian mom. This year they bloomed for the first time last week. These roses represent life and the life that my children's beautiful Ethiopian mothers have given to us. We … Continue reading Mother’s Day 2010
Happy Times
A big shout of congratulations to Kevin, Stacie, and Micah. Baby Lia is now officially a Dixon. Congrats to you all and we can't wait to meet little Lia when she comes home in June.
And Out Of Nowhere It Hits
Adoption is part of our life. A huge part and talking about it is also part of our life. I have been too busy to pay much attention to what is going on in Haiti. I am not oblivious but without radio/npr in my car, I don't get much news in my life--as well life … Continue reading And Out Of Nowhere It Hits
