9.28.2010
Day Nine: Someone You Wish You Could Meet
9.27.2010
Day Eight: Your Favorite Internet Friend that You've Never Met
9.24.2010
Ada's Halloween Costume Part 1
Day Seven: Your Job
Ada on TV
9.23.2010
Day Six: Someone that Inspires Me
9.22.2010
Day Five: Your Dreams
9.21.2010
Blog Face Lift
Day Four: Siblings
I don't know how many siblings I have.
9.20.2010
Day Three: Your Parents
Main Entry: par·ent \ˈper-É™nt\
Function: noun
1 a. : one that begets or brings forth offspring
b. : a person who brings up and cares for another
2 a. : an animal or plant that is regarded in relation to its offspring
b. : the material or source from which something is derived.
www.merriam-webster.com.dictionary
Today’s topic is Parents—specifically parents in my life and I have a lot. There’s Mom and Dad, otherwise known as Pete and Jill, there’s Terry and Sheila, otherwise known as my in-laws/husband’s parents and now-through our harnessed life-mine as well, there’s my birthparents who are the phantom shadow in making me who I am, and then there are Dylan and I. We are parents to a beautiful girl named
LOTS of parents.
And that’s certainly not a bad thing (although I didn’t necessarily always think that way).
It’s hard to put into words everything that I think of on such a topic as parents. For the adoptee it’s a source of unanswered questions and frustration. For the child it’s a complex, ever-evolving relationship that I am cultivating with my Mom and Dad as we go through each new maturation phase. For the daughter-in-law it’s a new and surprising adventure to become a part of an already functioning family. And for the parent, it’s something that I could’ve never hoped would be better, never imagined would be harder and surely never would’ve guessed at the complexity of fierce love immediately felt at the discovery of two pink lines on a pee stick.
One of the best things in the world has been raising
27 I prayed for this child, and the LORD has granted me what I asked of him. 28 So now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there.
1 Samuel 1:27-28
9.17.2010
French Fry Feed
Banana Bread is DELISH.
Goodbye Changing Table!
9.16.2010
Day Two: Your Vices
My vices. Hm....
9.15.2010
Day One: Best Friend
9.14.2010
I Am a Klepto.
Day 3 — Your parents
Day 4 —Your siblings
Day 5 — Your dreams
Day 6 — Someone that inspires you
Day 7 — Your job
Day 8 — Your favorite internet friend that you’ve never met
Day 9 — Someone you wish you could meet
Day 10 — Someone you don’t talk to as much as you’d like to
Day 11 — A deceased person you wish you could talk to
Day 12 — Your dream vacation
Day 13 — Something you’re looking forward to
Day 14 — Someone you’ve drifted away from
Day 15 — The person you miss the most
Day 16 — Someone that’s not in your state/country
Day 17 — The place you wish you were from
Day 18 — The person that you wish you could be
Day 19 — Something that makes you different
Day 20 — Your favorite television shows
Day 21 — Someone you judged by their first impression
Day 22 — Your pet peeves
Day 23 — The last person you kissed
Day 24 — The person that gave you your favorite memory
Day 25 — A life changing moment
Day 26 — The last person you made a pinky promise to
Day 27 — The thing you most enjoy doing
Day 28 — Someone that changed your life
Day 29 — Your talent
Day 30 — Your reflection in the mirror