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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:06:00 -0800

Search and Reunion - Thoughts on the Future
I just finished reading through this post at AdoptionTalk: "Find My Family" as Sensationalist Trash or Springboard for...
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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:50:00 -0800

Transgender Day of Remembrance Post
Usually I suck at blogging on significant days and anniversaries. But today, I'm in time to catch The Transgender Day of...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:22:00 -0800

Short Sunny Update
Guy is out of town this week. When we went on the same trip last year, things kind of fell apart. That's the first...
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Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:51:00 -0800

Long Fitness Update
Here's how it's going. I'm not weighing myself or even measuring myself because I don't want to get stuck on numerical...
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Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:12:00 -0800

Veteran's Day Quick Post: Hepatitis C
I wrote before on this issue. My stepfather is a Vietnam veteran with Hepatitis C that he contracted while working as a...
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:47:00 -0800

Email to Hank Johnson Regarding Healthcare Reform and Stupak Amendment
Hello, I would like to congratulate you on all the great work you have done to fight for healthcare reform so far. I have...
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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:02:00 -0800

Our Halloween Visit
The visit this Halloween went well. Sunny and I flew in on Saturday, and flew out Sunday night. I scoured the web...
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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:56:00 -0800

I Have a Sneaking Suspicion About Our Adoption Subsidy
I hesitated to blog about this for a long time, because it might be possible to ascertain Sunny's home state from this...
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Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:53:00 -0700

I Have a Sneaking Suspicion About Our Therapist
Well, this sucks. I couldn't go to therapy today due to my work schedule, but I'd talked extensively to Guy about what we...
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:09:00 -0700

Weekend Update with Gun Violence Q&A
I'm closing the weekend on a down note, although it has mostly gone well. Sunny's behavior has been pretty good. He had two...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:25:00 -0700

Link Post: The Many Ways that Asian Adoptees are Vulnerable
This is so sad. But these are such important stories to hear. I'll let the links and quotes speak for themselves. From...
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Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:31:00 -0700

Sex and Scoliosis
What does scoliosis have to do with sex? There are a lot of connections. I guess I'll need to start by explaining scoliosis....
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:21:00 -0700

Health Plan
I hesitate to write this, because I might jinx it, but I feel like I'm starting to climb out of a hole in terms of my physical...
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Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:27:00 -0700

BB and Sunny Update
I haven't posted in a while. I just haven't felt up to long-form writing. I finally spoke to BB's adoption caseworker......
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Wed, 14 Oct 2009 06:45:00 -0700

Dark Sarcasm in Adoption
Guy recently reminded me of a conversation he had last year, when he was proudly telling his friends and colleagues about...
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Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:19:00 -0700

Personal Update and Blog/Racialicious Comparison
Last week was really exhausting. I need another vacation! My weekends are becoming an extension of the working week... and this...
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:12:00 -0700

Geisha Blog Tiff
I've been twittering a fair amount lately. Here's a twitter-inspired microblogpost: It's a Geisha blog tiff, not quite...
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Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:31:00 -0700

An Adoption Opinion I Totally Agree With
I just started reading this adoptive mother's blog (foster care plus adoption from international disruption). I don't find...
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Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:56:00 -0700

"Relationship Not Behavior" Advice
This seems like such a good piece of advice for older child adoption. I really encourage everyone to read the whole post if you...
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Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:11:00 -0700

Podcast and Update
I was on the Racialicious/Anti-Racist Parent podcast this week! I loved having the conversation with Carmen and Tami. But I...
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Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:49:00 -0700

Comment on Expatriates Post
Here's a comment from Christie that's worth quoting in full: Nice post... I have to stay away from expat message boards,...
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Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:39:00 -0700

When Children Die
This is going to be a very heavy post. I'm not going to write much myself, or talk about my connections to the subject,...
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Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:47:00 -0700

Atlanta Flooding
Four people dead so far. This is terrible! My mother just sent me this picture she took.
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Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:09:00 -0700

Chinese Adoption Corruption and Maddening Stereotypes in the Media
These last few weeks there have been a flurry of large media stories covering major corruption in international adoption. ...
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Fri, 18 Sep 2009 10:50:00 -0700

Meltdown Post-Mortem, 504 Post-Mortem
Sunny had a major meltdown last night. It's the first violent fit Sunny has had in almost three weeks. I suppose that's...
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