The limpness of her limbs. The heft of her head sinking ever deeper into my shoulder. The sweetness of her post-bottle breath. The lengthening, decreasing pace of her respirations. The warmth created between our chests. The feel of her chin as she nestles into my beard. The trickle of the joyous tear that falls down…
Category: General
She’s Here! Meet Baby Wren
October 7, 2016–one day before our 5th wedding anniversary–our lives were forever changed as we welcomed this sweet face into our lives. Wren was two months old when she came to live with us. If you do the math and had read my previous Adoption Update post, you might have figured out that she…
Adoption Update
The past week has been nothing short of a whirlwind of activity and rollercoaster of emotions. We got a call from our social worker (SW) two Fridays ago that a birth mother wanted to meet with us! I had just gotten home from a very long week at work and I was not anticipating this…
Waiting
Ten months ago, I wrote about starting on the path to adoption. Since then, so much has happened. We completed paperwork, phone calls, hours of heart-to-heart discussions with each other, interviews, safety inspections and specialist visits necessary to finish our home study. Everything got finalized in February and we officially went on the “waiting list.”…
Baby Steps
I’m dedicating this post to the biggest change in our lives, which is our journey toward growing our family. I wrote about this last year when we had officially come to the conclusion of doing so. Since then, we’ve attended classes, networked with those we know and quite a few folks we’ve come to know about…
Winter Gives Way & I Make Marmalade
Snow. Winter. Blizzard. Ice. Sub-zero temperatures. These words have become anathema to so many people due to this season’s exceptionally cold and harsh weather. For the first half of the winter, I was its outspoken advocate. Summer’s heat and humidity really drag on my ability to enjoy the outdoors and the dangerously high pollen levels…
Growing Our Family
This is likely the most personal thing I’ve ever written that will be made available to a public audience, but I’m doing so for multiple reasons. First, I’m choosing not to hold this in any more. As an extrovert I often need to express myself in order to process through thoughts and emotions fully. Second,…
One Year of Blogging
The ride so far… It’s hard to believe, but it’s been one year since I wrote my first blog post. In that year, I’ve written 40 posts– largely food-related–and have interacted with quite a few folks I’d have likely not met otherwise. I rented a domain to give this blog a proper home and even started…
Jandy’s Garlic Festival
This post is part of my Local Foods Week series. Local Foods Week is an 9-day celebration of the fantastic experience that is locally-focused eating in Columbus, Ohio. A couple weekends ago, Chad and I took a trip to the Bellefontaine area to tour the Piatt Castles. While we were there, we stopped by the…
Wedding Day
Feeling nostalgic tonight… Going to bed quite content. :o)
Western Inspiration
While on our recent 9-day excursion in the West, I discovered I have a deep love for chile rellenos. It really shouldn’t have come as a surprise to me. I mean, I love cheese, I love spicy things and everyone loves something fried now and then. It never once occurred to me to order one…
Live, Love & Sustain 