American Family » Extended Family http://american-family.org Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:21:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 the next kid http://american-family.org/2011/11/30/the-next-kid/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/30/the-next-kid/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:01:26 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4072 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 [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/30/the-next-kid/feed/ 3 Family Ties http://american-family.org/2011/11/28/family-ties/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/28/family-ties/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:10:07 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4062 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 [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/28/family-ties/feed/ 5 Taking Back Christmas http://american-family.org/2011/11/26/taking-back-christmas/ http://american-family.org/2011/11/26/taking-back-christmas/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 01:20:15 +0000 AmericanFamily http://american-family.org/?p=4053 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 [...]]]> http://american-family.org/2011/11/26/taking-back-christmas/feed/ 8