We’ve wondered for a little while now if David might have a learning disability, specifically dyslexia.  He actually reads pretty well, when we can get him to sit down and just do it, but he reverses letters a lot, and he often puts letters in where none exist (he recently read “sent” instead of “set,” [...]

This is kind of a complicated situation.  Julia Boseman is a state senator in North Carolina, and recently broke up with her lesbian partner.  The couple had a son together who is now 6.  The other partner, Melissa Jarrell, gave birth to the son, and Boseman adopted him.  When the couple split, there was apparently [...]

In all of us there is a hunger, narrow and deep, to know our heritage, to know who we are and where we have come from.  Without this enriching knowledge, there is a hollow yearning.  No matter what our attainments in life, there is a vacuum, an emptiness and a most disquieting loneliness! – Alex [...]

I hope I’m not undoing any good that this news story has done.  I couldn’t help but notice that in this article about Connor Cruise, the14-year-old  son of Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, there was no mention made of Connor being Tom and Nicole’s “adopted son.” I’ve seen so many articles that insist on mentioning [...]