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A Small Group Makes a Big Impact

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An amazing group of people in a rural area near the town of Shelbyville, Texas, have made a significant impact on the adoption community. It all started when Donna Martin, the wife of a local pastor, began to think about fostering a child. She and her sister drove over seventy miles each way to take the training that would qualify them to do this work. After their training, Donna and her husband adopted two children and fostered two more. Her sister adopted one child. The experience was so positive for them that Pastor Martin decided to preach on the subject … Continue reading →

Lullabies and Wildflowers – CD Review

Broadway actress and singer Melissa Errico has starred or featured in such plays as “My Fair Lady,” “The Importance of Being Earnest,” and “High Society.” However, her life has led her to another starring role, that of being a mother. When she was pregnant, she started attending a prenatal yoga class and felt an instant friendship with the twelve other women who were participating, all due the same week. As the class drew to a close, Melissa gathered everyone’s e-mail address and they kept in touch, sharing birth stories and commiserating over the struggles. As time went on, they stayed … Continue reading →

Buying Organic? Know When to Spend And When to Save

Organic products can be pretty expensive. A pint of blueberries that are organic, for example, can cost as much as a dollar more than a pint of traditional blueberries, but do they make sense to buy? On average, according to some reports, going organic can cost you as much as 50 to 100 percent more than buying traditional foods. If you want to save the most you can, you should know which organic products have the most potential impact on your health. This way you can be frugal about your purchases and buy traditional products when it makes sense to … Continue reading →

Saving the World

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I have written a number of blogs which describe the traits that potential adoptive parents of special needs children might want to have. It is time to write about an attitude that will make it harder to adopt. If you think that you will be able to “change the world”, you can expect to have your sails trimmed. I am more than familiar with this attitude. My wife and I launched into many a project knowing that we would be able to conquer any problem that appeared. Fortunately, we had already discovered by the time that we were ready to … Continue reading →

Adoptive Parenting Traits

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I frequently encounter people who tell me that they have seriously thought about adopting a child. It usually comes up in a situation like being in the waiting room in a doctor’s office, they see one of my children, and a conversation starts. It usually ends with the person concluding that they would want to be sure that they could do it and so they never pursue it. I want to try my best to promote adoption and to encourage people to at least think seriously about it. Because of that, I think now and then about things that I … Continue reading →