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A little SUMthing about growing up, making mistakes and happy endings.

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Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

December 12, 2016

It's Mailbag Monday at Dim Sum and Doughnuts! Below are the topics/questions for this installment. Feel free to agree, disagree or add on in the comment section. #ItTakesAVillage Here we go, … [Read more...] about Mailbag Monday! When You Didn’t Mean To Hit REPLY TO ALL, Teenager Mood Swings and The Big Game

Filed Under: Friendship, Mailbag Monday!, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: Apologizing, Go Buckeyes, growing up, hurt feelings, Mom of girls, Mommy Blog, parenting, parenting blog, Teenage Mood Swings, Teenagers

Adoption is a work of heART

November 30, 2016

We first met Marla Michele Must on location at a park in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Marla contacted us to see if we'd be interested in being featured in an article for which she was being … [Read more...] about Adoption is a work of heART

Filed Under: Adoption, Guest Post, Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: adoption awareness, adoption photography, metro detroit blogger, metro detroit photographer, Mommy Blog, national adoption month, parenting

Know Your Worth

November 28, 2016

  When it comes to committed relationships, there are two types of girls. (There are probably more, but for the point of this piece, there are two.) First, there are the girls who make … [Read more...] about Know Your Worth

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Relationships Tagged With: Empowering Girls, growing up, Mommy Blog, mommy blogger, parenting blog, Teaching girls

It’s Her Story To Tell

November 20, 2016

"It's Her Story To Tell" A Dim Sum & Doughnuts Guest Post By: Laurie Freeman Every age presents a new challenge when our kids are growing up. And as much as we try or think we should shelter … [Read more...] about It’s Her Story To Tell

Filed Under: Adoption, Guest Post, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption, adoption awareness, adoption blog, adoption blogger, Adoption Community, Dim Sum And Doughnuts, getting real about adoption, inclusion, national adoption month, Shoey and Dot

The Election: 2016

November 16, 2016

During the final weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election, my 7 year old (JJ) asked me every day: “Mommy, who are you voting for?” And every day I’d respond the same way: … [Read more...] about The Election: 2016

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: Anti Semitism, growing up, metro detroit blogger, parenting blog, Presidential Election 2016, Talking to your kids about racism

The Adoption Label

November 6, 2016

"The Adoption Label" A Dim Sum & Doughnuts Guest Post By: Marcie Reznik the first label that was ever slapped on me, was the one at birth, that actually stuck with me all these 47 years later … [Read more...] about The Adoption Label

Filed Under: Guest Post Tagged With: Adoptees, adoption, Adoption Labels, Dim Sum And Doughnuts

What Happens When You Give Up Your Name

October 30, 2016

I got my first tattoo when I was nineteen. At the time, I was very tight with my dad and in a relationship with someone I really liked. My dad also liked him. It was the end of my sophomore year at … [Read more...] about What Happens When You Give Up Your Name

Filed Under: Adoption, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, Changing your name, Dim Sum And Doughnuts, Go Bucks, growing up, metro detroit blog, Mom Blog, parenting blog, Taking a new name

Be SUMthing Different

October 24, 2016

"Be SUMthing Different" A Dim Sum and Doughnuts Guest Post By: Parrie Liu Hello readers! I am guest blogging at Dim Sum and Doughnuts and let me introduce myself. My name is Parrie Liu and I live … [Read more...] about Be SUMthing Different

Filed Under: 20 SUMthings, Adoption, Guest Post Tagged With: Be different, Being different is good, Different is special, It's OK to be different, Peer pressure

Mean People Suck

October 14, 2016

When I was in line at the drug store the other day, the guy in front of me was noticeably irritated. It seems he had to wait a few minutes before the cashier got to her register, so he got annoyed. I … [Read more...] about Mean People Suck

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants, Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: Beverly Hills Michigan, Blog for my girls, Detroit Metro Blog, Dim Sum And Doughnuts, growing up, mean people, Mom Blog

What Are You Going To Do?

October 4, 2016

We just celebrated Rosh Hashana. Rosh Hashana always falls in the fall. It’s either “early” or it’s “late,” but it’s always in the fall. Apples and honey, the shofar and the Torah: Rosh Hashana marks … [Read more...] about What Are You Going To Do?

Filed Under: Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: Back to work, growing up, metro detroit, metro detroit blogger, Mom boss, New beginnings, New Year, Rosh Hashana, Working Mom

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