Pushing on a Rope
Terri S. Vanech
Getting quite an earful
Yesterday marked the end of Catherine’s first stint as a camp counselor in training. She’s had a great time this summer seeing ESF, the camp she loves so much, from the other side of the fence. Plus, she’s gotten some good insights into what it’s like to work with children — which is handy … Continue reading
Surviving a mother of a shopping trip
It’s time for the kids to go back to school. That’s my takeaway from an early afternoon trip to the market. I no sooner set foot in the door then I wanted out. It was a madhouse — not my preferred time to shop, but you do what you must do. The inside of our … Continue reading
Picture this
It’s easy, if you have a blog, to get caught up in your stats. How many people are reading? What are they reading? WordPress makes it easy to track all this, and even includes a little thing on the analytics dashboard that tells you where people are reading from (I get a surprising number of … Continue reading
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
Pushing on a Rope 