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Dim Sum and Doughnuts

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Just Part Of Being A Girl

August 15, 2017

You know, it’s funny. After all the summers I spent living at Camp Tanuga, I never really paid attention to the differences between boys and girls until my visits this summer. I think it's because … [Read more...] about Just Part Of Being A Girl

Filed Under: Camp Life, Friendship, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, adoption blogger, boy campers, boy life, camp letters, camp life, camp vibes, differences between boys and girls, girl campers, girl drama, girl life, girls are complicated, growing up, growing up is hard, overnight camp, parenting blog, part of growing up, tween girl behavior

Don’t Overthink It

June 7, 2017

My girls and I are scheduled to speak in a few days at an adoption event in the metro Detroit area. We are very excited to be included, but it occurred to me this morning that I don’t have any idea … [Read more...] about Don’t Overthink It

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption blog, adoption blogger, Adoption Concerns, Adoption Parenting, Attachment Theory, Parenting 101, parenting blog

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

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

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

Why My Kids Are Going To End Up In Therapy

April 15, 2016

When you're a parent, you can tell your kid to do pretty much anything you want and they have to do it. I’m not making any recommendations, or judgments--- I’m just stating a fact: There is great … [Read more...] about Why My Kids Are Going To End Up In Therapy

Filed Under: Adoption, Marriage and Family, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption, adoption blogger, allegiance, autism, autism awareness, awareness, buckeyes, chinese adoption, detroit, detroit blogger, detroit reppin, education, eminem, good cause, growing up, humor, kids, knowledge, lessons, loyalty, momlife, mommy blogger, motherhood, ohio state university, reppin, represent, slim shady, support

When They’re Yours

March 16, 2011

When I was 12 or 13 years old, I used to babysit. It wasn‘t my thing. The kids smelled like playground, their hands were grubby and they wanted me to “play." I wasn’t into it. I used to change the … [Read more...] about When They’re Yours

Filed Under: Adoption, Parenthood & Parenting Tips Tagged With: adoption as an option, adoption blog, adoption blogger, Adoption Concerns, adoption education, Adoption Parenting, adoption questions, adoption rocks, adoption vs biological

We Don’t Care If You Stare (My Top 10 List of Annoying Questions and Comments for Adoptive Families)

March 6, 2011

My free time is much more limited now than it used to be, but I still subscribe to quite a few magazines. People magazine is not one of them so if I see it lying around somewhere, I will pick it up. … [Read more...] about We Don’t Care If You Stare (My Top 10 List of Annoying Questions and Comments for Adoptive Families)

Filed Under: Adoption, Parenthood & Parenting Tips, Rants Tagged With: adoption blog, adoption blogger, Adoption Parenting, adoption questions, annoying adoption questions, consider adoption, domestic adoption questions, international adoption questions

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One night only! We were all together, and now they One night only! We were all together, and now they’re all gone... 😢Cody and #BrunoMarshall came to get the divas, and now they’re #camptanuga bound! Bring on the magic • 2019 ❤️🌈⛺️#tanugamagic #tanuga #campwifelife
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