A Natural Family

Alright. I've got the urge to blog again. It is summertime (not that you could tell by the weather) so work is a little slower, Kid's growing and changing by leaps and bounds, J's finished the doctorate, and me... well... I've been thinking. Thinking often leads to blogging. Lucky for you :)

Let's see. I think some new blog goals are in order.
1. Vent about parenting challenges
2. Provide a soapbox for my ruminations
3. Of course--discuss adoption in the public culture
4. Think about ways to be a better person
5. Tell you about the weird stuff that I observe or that happens to my family

Stay tuned. Same bat-time, same bat-channel.

Well folks, my son turns one in a matter of hours. He is sleeping like the little angel he is, and I am reflecting on the past year of my life that he has been in existence and the past seven months that he has been physically with me. What an incredible time. There really are not words for the massive amounts of emotion that have taken over my body. I honestly have the most perfect kid on the face of the earth. I love being around him. I love who I am when I am with him, and I love watching my partner when he is with him. I have a 25lb brick of love... yes, a love brick, living and breathing, crawling circles around me.

I still mourn the loss of this year for Ayelech. She is constantly on my mind. I wonder what she would say about him, how she would love him, the songs she would hum when putting him to sleep, and the laugh she would bellow when he splashes his cuteness. I have her name permanently etched on my body. She is always with me.

We've gone from This:

To This:
I cannot fully express the amount of support and love I have received from the readers of this blog. I have posted my ups and downs over the past couple of years. From waiting to travel to life with baby--I've put it out there, and you've listened and responded. Thank you.

For now, though, I have decided to take a blog hiatus for an undetermined length of time. I have struggled with becoming a mommy blogger which in and of itself isn't bad, but just isn't what I set out to do or actually need from my writing outlet here. My current passions revolve around some social justice topics that are difficult for some people close to me to hear me talk about and I, frankly, am tired of feeling censored here. So, I am taking that as my cue to take a break. Who knows... maybe I'll come back anonymously or privately...

If you'd still like to keep up with us through photos and videos, please email me and (if I actually know you) I'll give you the link to our .Mac site where we upload that stuff.

Thanks again.

Love,
K