Category happiness
Another Woman’s Child
A child born to another woman calls me mommy. The magnitude of that tragedy and the depth of that privilege are not lost on me. – Jody Landers Today is the 12th anniversary of meeting the baby who became my son. It is our family birthday. Twelve years ago I waited outside the office of […]
Finding my Happiness in Purple
I am a sensible woman. A woman to have on your side when the chips are down but not the kind who gets flowers or trips to Paris. I am not a woman who needs flattery or flowers. Or rather, I do not appear to be a woman who needs flattery or flowers. I am […]
The Birthday (and the rest of week 4)
The boy’s birthday went well – I managed to negotiate cake buying in Russian as our translator had gone off to get a copy of our passports notarised again (I think she is wallpapering her living room with them, we have stopped asking what they are for), and my mum had brought proper birthday candles […]
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