Foster/Adoption Parenting
original photo, “holding my breath…” by qwrrty on flickr Parenting isn’t easy — biological or otherwise. If you want easy, buy a goldfish; they’re disposable and you can always get another one. And don’t kid yourself that home-made kids are any easier than foster or adopted kids, or that because they’re home-made they won’t [...]
Three Life Lessons We Learned from Avatar
Hearing hype about a movie makes me want to see it less. I have never seen Titanic, and intend to keep it that way. I was prepared to never see Avatar either. Except that my husband said he’d like to see it in 3-D IMAX. So, for his birthday treat, I took the whole [...]
Looking Forward to 2010
New year, new decade, but no new resolutions. I’m not big on resolutions. You could tell me I’m afraid of commitment, or too indecisive. I don’t care. I’d like instead to explore the directions I’d like to go this year. I’m a pantser when it comes to writing. Outlining, for me, is the quickest [...]
Honoring Our Kids’ First Families
With an injured finger, it took me over six hours to wrap our kids’ presents. I did it in two shifts and didn’t finish until nearly midnight. It took them about thirty minutes to undo all the work I’d done, but my work was worth every minute. All three-hundred-ninety of them. Oddly, it wasn’t [...]
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Kimberly Gonzalez
reader, writer, freelance copyeditor & proofreader, foster & adoptive mom
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