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First Date
Holding Hands Photo by SparklieSunShine. “Okay, I think we can go,” April said, propping Alleke up against her chest with one hand, using the other to help herself out of the rocking chair. Heidi was...
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“Did you know Alleke gives kisses now?” April asked. I raised my eyebrows. “She does, I’m serious,” April said. I laughed. “Show me,” I said. April smiled, then lifted Alleke up and kissed her on the...
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Movie Theater
Pursuit of Happyness in the 22nd Century Photo by krobbie. “Two tickets for the Pursuit of Happyness,” I said. The high school kid behind the counter took my card and swiped it. While the machine...
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Lost in Yonkers
Thalian Hall (seats) Photo by pochacco20. The usher showed us to our seats. We took off our coats and put them on the backs of our chairs. “Good seats,” I said, looking around. Our seats were in the...
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Camera Kisses
This kiss goes out to all the grandparents out there with grandkids who don’t live nearby. Click To Play
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Happy Valentine’s Day
Always After Me Lucky Charms Photo by tlindenbaum. “What do you want to do tonight?” I asked April, falling into the couch next to her. She looked up from her book. “I don’t know. We could call Shani...
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I was lying there with the pillow over my head. I had managed to recover from jet lag earlier in the week, but now that April and Alleke were home, the process had started over again, and we were all...
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Our process of doing an international adoption in Spain came to a grinding halt last year when I found out I had lost my Spanish residency due to a miscommunication with one of the government agencies....
View ArticleParadise
The woman in front of us was holding her sleeping daughter in her arms. Her husband was in front of her pulling their luggage and pushing a stroller with a sleeping baby through the herd of backpackers...
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I rubbed my eyes and looked at the alarm clock. Three minutes. I had three minutes before the clock would automatically turn on the radio and my day would officially begin. These few moments were like...
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