FAMILY

Congratulations, Kristin! You’ve won a caricature drawing by Ashley! You had the magic number of 22: So, Kristin – for some reason, I have a zillion different email addresses for you. Hit me up to let me know which one I should send on to Ashley so that you guys can bump heads over what [...]

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The Burn of Parental Guilt

by JW Moxie on May 3, 2012 · 29 comments

in FAMILY, The Minions

  So. Yesterday, we did” Go for What You Know” for dinner. You want cereal? Have a bowl or two. Leftovers? Nuke it to your heart’s content. A sandwich and chips? Jordan and Kaelyn usually go for PB&J, while the twins generally prefer ham and cheese. Kaelyn and Jordan to have ramen. Groovy. I put [...]

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See this piece of awesomeness right here? It was drawn by a local artist at my town’s annual Small World Festival, which celebrates the rich and varied diversity that flourishes in our community. A street downtown (think 50′s era small town Main Street) is blocked off for an afternoon of live entertainment by heritage groups, [...]

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Sh*t Uncle Paul Says

by JW Moxie on April 12, 2012 · 32 comments

in FAMILY, Frankly Speaking

On just his dad’s side, Frank has 7 aunts and uncles. The one that I always heard the most about was Uncle Paul. “He’s the gay one,” Frank would say with a reminiscent smirk as he recalled childhood week-long visits with him in San Francisco. I finally got the chance to meet Paul the weekend of [...]

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There is a lot that I was going to say about our time in Louisiana to attend the funeral of Frank’s paternal grandfather, Papaw. Through the weekend, I took pictures with both my camera and my mind. I curled ribbons of words about love, loss, and life to write into a post. But I am [...]

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I can tell from StatCounter (don’t act like you’ve never stalked your metrics) that many of you have been coming back to see if I’ve finally gotten around to posting Part III of my series on emotional/mental infertility and how it affects the Adoption, Loss, and Infertility (ALI) community (here are Part I and Part [...]

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  Yesterday my son asked, “Mommy, if I wear a hoodie, does that mean I’m going to be shot, too?” My son is 8 years old. Eight.  The question gave me pause because really, what could I say? Hoodies don’t cause people to be killed. But that didn’t exactly hold true for Trayvon Martin, did [...]

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