A Barrel of Nelsons

Someone on a forum recently said she bookmarked my blog and couldn’t wait to read it. So I figured that I should probably post or something like that, eh? (Also, welcome any new readers… and old readers, regular readers, infrequent readers, readers who know me in real life, and readers who Googled something and ended [...]

I don’t know V. I’ve never met her. Other than the stuff I’m about to post about and the basic information in the church records, I know very, very little about her.
Her mom is one of the more influential women in the church. Both her parents and her younger brother are talented vocalists, and [...]

Zoe over at A Family Affair wrote this lovely, thought-provoking post about privilege and adoption. Actually she written lots, but I’m writing off the post linked.
She’d previously has a commenter that was say:
Commenter ‘not really’ said, citing a number of actual studies:
This finding has been reported in study after study-women who [...]

You know the one that two guys walk into, but the third one ducks? Yes, I know. It’s a terrible joke.
Anyways. Believe it or not I don’t come across “Adoption-Related” stuff that much in my job. But when it does, kinda like that bar, I feel a bit smacked upside the head.
I’m not saying that [...]

Though I’m pretty sure it will take a turn or seven at some point.
I have really deep-set eyes. It’s kinda part of having high cheekbones, which I love to death, but it also means that I get and have dark circles a lot and because I’m so pale, they really stand out. Of course, I’m [...]

This is a rant. And I’m sure that a few of you might find it nasty. Apologies in advance. I’m frustrated right now, and this is the best expression I’ve got.
Sometimes I just get so sick of reading/hearing the same thing over and over again. I read a few news-y/info-y adoption blogs (as opposed to [...]

This is a post of links. The reason it is such is because I cannot bring myself to blog about Stephanie and Evelyn Bennett’s case. Not because I do not care. Not because my heart does not go out to the family. But because it brings up a lot of stuff inside me that hits [...]

Besides my very full weekend, there seems to have been a lot happening around here in Blogland, so if you’re bored while waiting for me to add more yummy juicy details, check out a couple of other people with some powerful posts.
Paragraphein’s Everyday Activism post has got me thinking hard. I’ve mentioned before that I’d [...]