I found a picture from the picnic my agency puts on - this is from Memorial Day weekend. In the pic are my agency’s facilitator, me, Parker, and grandma.
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We celebrated my 32nd birthday this past Sunday - couple pictures from that.
Parker and 3 of his cousins.
Parker’s newest cousin.
Parker pulling his cousin - yes, he [...]
The modern US conservative political movement is so bankrupt of morals and ideas that might actually help people, that they now stoop to insanity like this:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/29/news/companies/dunkin_donuts.ap/index.htm
So, any of you who own a scarf with a black and white design better watch out! Never know when Bush will come knocking to arrest you for sympathizing with [...]
By Mildred Loving (1939-2008)
When my late husband, Richard, and I got married in Washington, DC in 1958, it wasn’t to make a political statement or start a fight. We were in love, and we wanted to be married.
We didn’t get married in Washington because we wanted to marry there. We did it there because the [...]
In my opinion, this is one of the greatest speeches given by a politician since JFK and RFK. It’s so nice to see a politician talking openly and honestly about such a weighty issue in America.
http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/intercountry/intercountry_3939.html
http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/intercountry/intercountry_3940.html
As expected, the US government released a statement on adoptions from Viet Nam. Not really anything new, simply a “warning” that the MOU expires in September and that while we all would like for it to be renewed, there is no guarantee that will happen.
The only tidbit of new info (not really new, just more [...]
I was in the grocery store yesterday with Parker An. I’m used to a couple people making comments that he is cute, but yesterday it seemed like everyone in the store wanted to point it out. One woman came over and said "He’s so pretty…uh, I mean handsome…no boys can still be pretty at that [...]
Just a simple thank you to all those in our Armed Services. I often do not agree with the reasons our armed forces are used or the manner in which they are used. But, those decisions are made by our political leaders in large part. Regardless of agreeing with the mission or not, I appreciate [...]