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The temperature was a FRIGID 73 degrees. The fighting began the moment we got in the van. Rachael wraps up in a blanket sitting in the back of the van. Peyton counters by grasping the edge of the blanket and whipping it away from her. Peyton snaps: It’s MINE! Rachael whines : Mommmm, Peyton just [...]

**Which I may have already admitted on NATIONAL TV to Oprah (just in case you missed it), but let’s go for round two, ya’ll!** I am a very loud person. Let’s all take a moment so my mother can catch her breath from falling off her chair laughing (plus, if everyone could say a prayer [...]

I am adopted. Born somewhere in the Seoul, Korea area, maybe…but definitely abandoned there. Left by indefinable people in a hospital to be cared for, sick…malnourished (don’t laugh, but I’ve taken full care of THAT part)…alone. As a child I struggled with the abandoned part of my orphan story, even though I knew that it [...]

I have awesome friends. They have awesome kids. They love my kids. They touch my heart.  I have AWESOME friends. Mandy Willis is 7 years old. She has Neurofibromytosis and is battling Optic Glioma and other non-malignant brain tumors.  She and Rachael have bonded since we met in the spring, becoming the closest of friends. [...]

There are words that, when strung together, just make your heart sink. “Ummm, the principal needs to speak to you.” “I missed.” Regarding anything having to do with the bathroom. “I didn’t do it!” Regarding everything else. I have a new one! “Guess what I found in the couch?” At this moment, there is no [...]