One of the comments I get in regards to my family more often than any other is, "I don't know how you do it." Well the thing is, truth be told, I don't. At least I don't do it by myself. I look at my life and it works as well as it does, because Josh and I work together so well.

So today, in honor of Love Thursday, I am dedicating this post to Josh, my husband of eleven years, my very best friend, and an incredible dad to eleven children. I say eleven kids already, because even though Solomon is not home yet, he is very much already in our hearts and a part of our family.... more

You do not hear a whole lot of talk about adoption and marriage. Usually when there are discussions on email groups or forums about adoption and marriage, they revolve around one spouse being ready and committed to adopting and the other spouse being reluctant to adopt, or not ready to do adopt.

But marriage is, or at least should be, a big part of adoption (when you are dealing with a married couple). Single parents can skip... more

Choosing to adopt transracially is a big deal. It is complicated and emotional, and requires research, education, devotion and commitment. As I have written about here and here, deciding to adopt transracially is often complicated by the issues involved and the nature of the process.

Now I am going to discuss another situation that can make choosing to adopt transracially challenging. That is when one parent wants to adopt and the other does not, or just is not ready.

On blogs, adoption... more

For Love Thursday I thought I would share a picture of me and Big Daddy (aka Josh). This picture is a few years old...Josh has lost quite a bit of weight since this was taken (me...not so much).

We have been married for 10 1/2 years and have 10 kids...sometimes it amazes even me when I stop and think about it.

Along those lines, you can read one of my earliest Wendseday funnies here, that happens to be about Josh.

Josh and I got married young and... more

Dear Joshua,

It is hard to believe that we have been married ten years. It is even harder to believe that we (almost) have ten kids! Not many people can say that they have a child for every year of marriage. :)

I wonder what we would have thought if someone had told us ten years ago what our family would be like now. Would we have been excited? Petrified? Would we have laughed our heads off?

Ten years ago, at age 19, there were lots of things I was still figuring out about myself and the life I wanted. But I knew that whatever life had in store for me, I wanted... more