Being a Tuesday and all, I’m thinking it’s time I published a post my mother will read. This is, after all, still my personal blog, and I’ve been ignoring readers who don’t happen to live and breathe adoption and its related issues, but rather think my little kids … who just happen to be adopted … are adorable and worth spending time gazing over in cute holiday shots, and who like hearing about what’s happening in my life.
Those who couldn’t care less about me, my life or my family are excused from today’s blog.
Mom gets some bragging rights, as I was informed yesterday that I won First Place in the Answers.com Creating Writing Challenge. This was the third time I’d participated in what has been a fun practice in brain flexing, and coming in First has me right chuffed. I was pleased with what came from the list of “must use” words, and am happy enough that someone agreed that it was good. So happy, in fact, that the “I Won” badge will be a sidebar feature for some time to come. Besting what must have been thousands of entries, you won’t catch me … or my mom … sneezing at this acknowledgment.
I’d recently read Irene Nemirovsky’s “Suite Française”, and that elegant tale of the horrors of occupied France obviously inspired “Sweet Polska”. (I write on adoption out of passion, but fiction is all love.)
With the holidays over, it’s time to post those photos I’ve been promising, so here are a few from Christmas and New Year Eve.
Sam and Cj Christmas Eve with the tree in the background …
Checking out the gifts … notice that small rip in the wrapping paper?
Cj’s not happy about being discovered in the process of peeking …
Some of our Christmas Eve open house guests …
Kids on Christmas Eve
Our youngest guest …
Mark had a good time!
Sam served tea …
New Year’s Eve. Me with my friend, Michael …
Cj holding hands with Daddy
Sliding into the new year!
A collection of my short stories:
I'm in this one, too ...
And I'm in here, as well ...
Paradise Preoccupied 