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I See You
I had a number of meaningful conversations during the Jewish New Year festivities, but my favorite was at a break-the-fast gathering, where I met a lovely woman who had spent the last year working...
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When Big Baby J. Came To Stay
As many of you know, Scott and I are in the process of adopting through LA County DCFS (Department of Child and Family Services). As of a few weeks ago, we’ve got our stamp of approval, so we’re...
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Tariku wrote, directed, starred in, and scored (with a little help) this movie. All the percussion you hear is him playing! We’ve been working on it on and off for a year now. It’s definitely had its...
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L.A. Sunday Funday
We had a crazy fun family day on Sunday, inspired by The Industry’s Hopscotch Opera, which Scott and I were lucky enough to experience the day before. Hopscotch is performed entirely in cars that drive...
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A Letter to my Son on his Seventh Gotcha Day
To Tariku on his Gotcha Day- I always love your Gotcha Day (remember when you used to call it your Cha Cha Day?), because it’s a chance for me to reflect on that pivotal trip to Africa daddy and I...
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More Room on the Couch
I’ve been working on Bright Eyes’ lifebook lately. I used My Family, My Journey for Tariku, and I liked it so much I bought another one. A lifebook is the adoption equivalent of a baby book, but has a...
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What NOT to Say to Prospective Adoptive Parents. And What to Say Back.
Would you walk up to a pregnant woman and tell her about your friend’s cousin’s daughter whose infant died of a rare disease, offer her the unsolicited tale of your hairdresser’s daughter’s home birth...
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Living Out Loud
Two days ago we were at the water table in the Chicago Children’s Museum. I left the room for exactly five seconds to tell Scott something. When I got back, there was a knot of confusion and yelling...
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An Open Letter to Parents of Well Behaved Children
Dear Parents of Well Behaved Children, I just spent the summer traveling around the country with two spirited children and I have met lots of you. You usually like the idea of us. You start out eager...
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A Tale of Two Inaugurations
Tariku and I attended the Women’s March Los Angeles, on January 21, 2017. We could barely move, gridlocked in a sea of bodies. We were all there to be counted. To say we did not consent to this new...
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