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It’s Complicated: An Adoptee’s Road to Search, Part 1
I received a lovely note in my inbox last week: Judy, a friend from my school days, used my story in talking with her 12-year-old adopted daughter Mollie. It seems friends at camp were shocked to discover Mollie isn’t interested in searching for her birth parents. Judy told Mollie that she has Judy’s blessing if … Continue reading
Just somebody that I used to know
Don’t you hate how the Internet is more and more like George Orwell‘s Big Brother every day? It knows what you ordered and when; it’s able to predict what you might buy next and can record how many times you’ve viewed something (and when). Heck, it knows your shoe size (and maybe even the size … Continue reading
We’re (almost) cookin’ with gas
Nothing is ever easy here in the Vanech household. If it can go wrong, it will. Today was a big day and not because the weather folks were screaming all day about possible tornadoes this evening. Today marked the arrival of our new kitchen appliances, bought not because we were feeling flush but because the … Continue reading
Going for a road-worthy salute
Gotta love whoever writes the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle handbook for new drivers. Catherine has started to read a few pages each day in preparation for her permit test, and likes to share her learning with us. Tonight’s wisdom? If you want to wave to other motorists, make sure you use all your fingers. … Continue reading
Trips down memory lane — and other unlikely vacation spots
When it comes to vacations, I’m an armchair traveler. There is no place like home, with my bed and all my things. I know lots of people thrive on traveling, and I love the idea of experiencing new places (a la my friend, Kristen, who went to China last summer and this week leaves for … Continue reading
He had the look; thank goodness it’s gone!
If a normal picture is worth a thousand words, this one will keep you talking for years. I’ll give you a minute to take it in. Done? Good. This is my husband, then my boyfriend, in the late 1980s, wearing what was then his favorite shirt. Those white stripes? They are mesh. His chest hair … Continue reading
Weather or not, my search goes on
I was not sure what to make of the state of the weather as I set off today to meet the documentary filmmaker working on a film about adoption and adoption search. Just as I reached the train station, the skies opened up — a real monsoon — and there I was with my carefully … Continue reading
She will never, not ever, eat a tomato — and my daughter’s other lines in the sand
BLTs for dinner tonight. In this heat, Basil didn’t want to grill and I couldn’t face cooking inside (and well, we are still oven-less). A work-related phone call rendered the bacon a little extra, shall we say … crispy, but no matter. The sandwiches were delicious. Fresh mozzarella and avocado went on mine. Basil took … Continue reading
Whiling away the hours panning for Pins
Here I am, behind the curve again, but I’ve discovered Pinterest. This is a bad thing, really, because this site is an enormous time suck, and well, my time is already in short supply. Yet I find myself scrolling through this social media site at night when my eyes are failing me after a long … Continue reading
Be it ever so humble, there is no place … well, you know the rest
How quickly we adapt. I’m back from my work trip out West, 6,000 miles in three days and only a little worse for wear. I don’t understand how people travel constantly for work. It feels as though I’ve been hit by a bus. And though I managed to get through the workday and am still … Continue reading
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