We are sitting in our living room watching The Ten Commandments.   I’ve been thinking about Moses, and the fact that he’s adopted…so many people are, aren’t they? It’s hard to sit here with my David and watch Moses get adopted by the Pharoah’s daughter under the worst of circumstances.  Moses grows up loved, cared for, [...]

Elf has in the past been one of our favorite Christmas movies.  And just taken on its own terms, it’s pretty good.  I think it’s one of Will Ferrell’s best performances, in the role of the human boy who is adopted by elves and raised as an elf, then leaves the North Pole to find [...]

These come from a 13-year-old, but they were actually said in David’s presence.  We took the kids on an outing this weekend, and the girls got to bring friends (David was promised he could bring a friend another time, since we only had so much room in the minivan).  Oldest Daughter’s friend begins to talk [...]

In the 1950′s, Otelia Compton was awarded an honorary doctorate from Western College in Ohio for her achievements as “Wife and Mother of Comptons.”  It was a pretty extraordinary achievement–her children founded missionary schools, ran major corporations, and won the Nobel Prize. Dr. Compton was then interviewed by Milton S. Mayer, who asked her, “How [...]

I’ve been thinking about gathering a list together of movies that have an accurate and/or positive approach to adoption, and movies that are unrealistic and/or negative.  In researching that, I came across this article, “Adoption in the Movies: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly,” from Adoptive Families Magazine.  It’s written by Susan Avery, and tells in [...]

The following reflection on Fathers’ Day was written by my husband and fellow writer.  I thought it contained some pretty important thoughts, and I wanted to share them with you.  The picture below isn’t actually my husband or kids, but I thought it was a nice pic for Fathers’ Day.  It’s from blog.fachisthers.com     [...]