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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

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

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What To Do When You’re Totally Losing It At The End Of The School Year

June 5, 2016

  (From The Archives, June 2014) The end of the school year is a crazy time of recitals, parties and graduations---and with those events come times, dates and rules. For me, it all got very … [Read more...] about What To Do When You’re Totally Losing It At The End Of The School Year

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: detroit blog, end of school year, frustrated mom, fun with mommy, lessons learned, life as a mom, life as a parent, mommy is losing it, motherhood is hard, skip day

Find Your Tribe

June 2, 2016

Anything you do is more fun with the right people. A party? Yes. A concert? For sure. Dinner? Bon Appetit! Sometimes, though, we don’t get a choice. There are places we have to be, and we don’t get … [Read more...] about Find Your Tribe

Filed Under: Camp Life Tagged With: camp, camp blog, camp friends, camp memories, camp pictures, camper, camper life, find your tribe, forever friends, friends forever, growing up, life at an overnight camp, overnight camp, sleepover camp, squad, summer camp, tribe

“Remember The Heroes”

May 25, 2016

The first Marine I ever met was a friend of my brothers. Marines weren’t exactly plentiful in the suburbs of Detroit during the eighties, so I didn't meet one until I was in high school. Where I … [Read more...] about “Remember The Heroes”

Filed Under: Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: awareness campaign for armed forces, kids connecting with soldiers, kids writing letters, letter writing campaign, letters to marines, letters to members of armed forces, letters to soldiers, soldiers who are family, writing letters to soldiers

Thank You Note

May 17, 2016

Dear You, On March 23, 2016 we came out with the post Lose Yourself. It was an announcement post of sorts: We decided as a family we were going to take a shot at branding Dim Sum and Doughnuts. … [Read more...] about Thank You Note

Filed Under: Sum Of This, Sum Of That Tagged With: adoption blog, camp, camp blog, chinese adoption, daughters, detroit, dog blog, friendship, fun, grateful, growing up, lessons, lessons learned, life lessons, lifestyle blog, making mistakes, parenting blog, passing something down to my daughters, thank you to our readers

In Defense Of Black Dogs: The Bruno Marshall Story

May 15, 2016

(From the archives: February, 2015) I read an article once that said "Black dogs are less likely to be adopted than dogs of other colors." I never forgot that article because I didn't understand. Why … [Read more...] about In Defense Of Black Dogs: The Bruno Marshall Story

Filed Under: Adoption, Dogs Rule, Marriage and Family Tagged With: adoption blogger, baby adoption, Black Dogs, Black Labs, chinese adoption, detroit dogs, dog adoption, dog blogger, dog love, dog racism, dog rescue, dogs as pets, family dog, growing up, How to find a dog, Lab Rescue, lessons learned, pets

Professionals Who Party

May 11, 2016

When I was in high school, I had an English teacher who wore sport coats and ties. It was the 80’s and a lot of the male faculty dressed that way. They dressed more formal than the students. This … [Read more...] about Professionals Who Party

Filed Under: Camp Life Tagged With: camp, camp blogger, camp counselors, camp life, camper, English Teacher, every moment counts, friendship, growing up, high school, in the trenches, lessons, life lessons, morning bugle, overnight camp, play, sleepaway camp, summer camp, teacher appreciation, teacher life, Teaching as a profession, time off, work hard, work hard play hard

Mother’s Day

May 7, 2016

(From The Archives, May 2014) Every once in a while I do a NO BOYS ALLOWED post. This is one of those posts: … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: lessons, life of a parent, momlife, mommyhood, Mother's Day, motherhood, parenthood, parenting, parenting blogger

How To Deal With Mean Girls

May 4, 2016

Mean Girls are like bumble bees. They come and they go, but when they come, they’re looking to sting. I have been stung by Mean Girls, and I have also done the stinging. What’s more, for the last … [Read more...] about How To Deal With Mean Girls

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: best friends, bitchy, building confidence, burn book, dirty looks, diversity, don't look at me, feeling left out, friends, girl groups, girls who are mean, greatest people you'll ever meet, mean girls, part of growing up, rite of passage, sassy, school, secrets, she doesn't even go here, so fetch, stop trying to make fetch happen, walk home bitches, wednesdays we wear pink, you can't sit with us

Walt Disney’s Progress Report

April 30, 2016

(From The Archives: July, 2011) My girls aren't big into TV. They like the show Imagination Movers, but outside of that, TV is not really their thing. Disney movies are what's big in our house. … [Read more...] about Walt Disney’s Progress Report

Filed Under: Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: adoption blogger, daughters, Disney characters as role models, Disney costumes, Disney movies, eminem, growing up, Grunge, help with parenting, humor blog, lessons, life of a parent, lifestyle blogger, momlife, mommyhood, motherhood, Nirvana, parenting blogger, The Beatles

After The Wait

April 28, 2016

The sucky part about almost anything is the wait: Waiting in line, waiting your turn, waiting to get served. All of it. Sucks. Sometimes the wait isn’t that bad, but that’s usually for something that … [Read more...] about After The Wait

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption as an option, adoption blogger, adoption paperwork, adoptive parents, bio children vs adopted children, chinese adoption, exploring adoption, fertility treatments, having a baby, Infertility awareness, Infertility Awareness Week, international adoption, life of an adopted parent, life with an adopted child, parenting blogger, raising adopting children, why adoption

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