Tag: adoption

Be you, always!

GOTCHA DAY 2023: A DECADE OF MEMORIES & CONNECTIONS

  It’s that time of the year again!  Always nostalgic, always great memories. Most of all it’s a reminder of some of the most precious memories and connections our adoption journey has created.  As cliché as it sounds when they say, “blood doesn’t make you family”, it’s 100% true. This year we celebrated a decade…
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November 7, 2023 0

Adoption Day a.k.a. Gotchaday – Thoughts & feelings on family & parenting 8 years later.

  November 7th, 2013 is the day we became a forever family and here’s a piece I posted as a first blog entry a few years ago.  Take a read if you like and please enjoy. A big day for us in so many ways.  Our family grew as we brought home an 18-month-old baby…
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November 7, 2021 0

Family, food and gratitude!

Like many cultures where every celebration starts with food, mine is no different.  In fact, it’s not a celebration without it and there is always an abundance.  It’s like you’re expecting at least ten more guests!  And I’ll tell you, growing up there was always the possibility of an unexpected guest for a meal or…
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November 23, 2018 1

The ink runs deep!

For someone who is known for taking the leap and figuring it out on the way down, getting inked is a long and very deep process for me and why not right?  It’s probably the most permanent thing you can do so yes, the ink runs deep indeed!  I’ve taken up to a year to…
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June 3, 2018 0

#gotchaday2017

Today is family day!  A.k.a. “gotcha day”! What a great day to share my first blog post as it’s been a while in the making here.  Why?  Why not I say and I’ve wanted to start one to document the adoption process way back when but that wasn’t my time.  The idea of blog surfaced again earlier this…
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November 7, 2017 1