Thoughts about racist humor and racism

I have been feeling particularly blue because of an interaction I experienced on Saturday. I was driving Alyssa and one of her friends in my car when her friend started to tell racist jokes. She thought they were hilariously funny. They were not, and I was offended, but I waited to see if Alyssa [...]

Ben is growing up

Admit it. They don’t make them any cuter than this. These are photos of four-year-old Ben in our hotel room in China just a few hours after meeting him for the first time, and then a shot of him today at church when the other kids were singing a birthday song [...]

Multiracial stickers

Do you scrapbook or make cards, but have a hard time finding stickers that represent your multracial family? Here’s a cute website that has stickers depicting children with a variety of skin colors and hair colors. They were designed by an adoptive mom who was having an impossible time finding stickers to [...]

Noah?

This is a photo of my son, Taylor, who is a missionary in Fort Worth, Texas. I have no idea who the other man is, but since my son spends quite a bit of time doing street-contacting in downtown Fort Worth, I am guessing it is a man he met on the street.
Micheline saw me [...]

Insurance companies make me laugh

Well, not really, but I guess if you didn’t laugh you’d have to cry. This photo of my son and some missionary companions goofing around taking their picture in a window reflection best shows how I am feeling at the moment when it comes to medical insurance. Thursday I got the denial letter [...]

Hair extensions

Micheline has hair that grows painfully slow. For those of you who may not know, she cut her own hair about 18 months ago. Some people laugh and say, “Oh everyone’s child cuts their hair at some point.” That may be true, but it is usually their bangs or a haircut that can be mended [...]

Insurance woes

Ok, I don’t like my kids to use the word hate, so I really intensely dislike insurance companies. I view it as legalized gambling. It seems as soon as you have a claim-which in my understanding is the reason you carry insurance — your rates go up. If you don’t make a claim, you [...]

Exhausted

Ever been so tired you could sleep standing up? Micheline is almost doing that in this photo. She was sick last week and even though she is feeling good enough to go to school, she is still pretty tired by the end of the school day. Today she had early release and came home, walked [...]