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This week’s WTF

AmericanFamily — Tue, 15 May 2012 01:30:07 +0000

My Father-In-Law has a variety of free and nearly free food options he patronizes. We encourage him to take part in these programs because he is on a very low fixed income and they also provide much needed socialization for him.

In addition to those two links, the subsidized senior housing complex where he lives also [...]

Two emails I sent today

AmericanFamily — Thu, 10 May 2012 00:59:03 +0000

email number one:

Hi Mom,

I ran across this article today.

It says much more articulately than I can one of the primary reasons I have not allowed my girls to go to church. It is also one of the reasons I decided to no longer call myself a Christian. I know this has been [...]

the next kid

AmericanFamily — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:01:26 +0000

Sky asked several questions but tonight I am only answering two:

If you adopted again, would you go for domestic or international adoption? We adopted from China because we felt like our home would be the better fit for a Chinese kid if they were coming to the US anyway. Because Mr. A is Chinese/Taiwanese [...]

Family Ties

AmericanFamily — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:10:07 +0000

Excuse the effedupedness of this formatting. I have no idea what happened to it or how to fix it. I think it is readable now.

mccxxiii asks: How do you connect your adopted child to your family lineage and make him feel like those are *his* people too? Your grandmother, your great grandmother, the house [...]

Taking Back Christmas

AmericanFamily — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:20:15 +0000

I was going to write a typical “what I am thankful for” post, but I didn’t…and it would have been lame anyway. I didn’t post yesterday, so I failed Nablopomo. Whatevah, yo.

Today, we put up our Christmas tree. I turned on a radio station that was playing non-stop Christmas music. I was humming along [...]