I’m finally BACK ON THE BLOG!
What a lot of things have happened since last we spoke. Let me do a quick run-down for y’all:
–A good friend of mine got pregnant, saw the heartbeat, and then sadly, miscarried;
–More sad news for other friends, Used Kids burned down;
–Mart got a job in PR at Banana Republic and moved to Brooklyn;
–Brett and I got a referral to an RE and have an appointment for next week;
–My brother applied for a job at COSI;
–I finished my proposal and sent the whole package out;
–I saved a bunch of family heirlooms for a sorry destiny in the hands of strangers;
–I started therapy and began to enjoy weekly epiphanies.
I spent much of my computer time doing truly wasteful things like reading archived conversations about the terrible, sadistic, and yet-claiming-to-be-Christian Pearls and watching the whole Kaycee nightmare go down.
I am a terrible voyeur.
I have two kids and a delightfully odd husband, Brett. My children are Noah (born to us in 1997) and Madison (born to her first mom, Pennie, in 2004 and brought to our family through a domestic, open adoption). They are my inspiration and also the reason I don't get more done around here.
I'm a writer and sometimes I get published, which is a nice thing. I write for joy, I write for money and when I'm very lucky, both things happen at the same time. My work appears in national publications including Yoga Journal, Disney's Family.com, Utne, Wondertime, Brain Child and Salon. Currently I am working on a book about my daughter's adoption and seeking representation for the proposal. I also own Smart Cookie Communications with my husband.