Orphan: Cause for Panic?

The adoption community is abuzz over the new horror movie “Orphan,” which (in its trailer) raises the question of whether adoptive parents can love their children as much as biological parents do. Here’s an article about it. Personally, I have a hard time getting worked up about this one. While I’m not into horror flicks, I [...]

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Three Special Books for Adoptive Families

I’ve recently had three children’s books cross my desk, two of them about adoption. The first, “Ten Days and Nine Nights” by Yumi Heo (Random), is for families with older children who are awaiting the adoption of a younger sibling (in this case, from Korea). Ms. Yumi — who was born and grew up in Korea — writes with simple [...]

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Quote of the Day: Are We Keeping Kids “Too Safe”?

“I’m sure some safety measures are good. I have no argument with car seats, for example. I do like to argue, though, and would argue that car seats will never approach the importance of driving defensively. I wish there were as much emphasis placed on avoiding accidents as there is on surviving them. “But as you [...]

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Wee Cook Wednesday: Pasta with Salsa

This weekend was an important highlight in the Saxton family calendar: Memorial Day Picnic! We invited a couple other families to share it with us — once you start packing for a picnic, you might as well be cooking for a dozen, right? This year I pulled together a pasta salad that — if I do [...]

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Weekend Ponderings: Time Passages

Memorial Day Weekend is a family holiday at the Saxton House. Four years ago this weekend, Chris and Sarah were welcomed into our family through adoption . . . and into God’s family, through baptism. We always try to spend as much time as possible together, enjoying each other, on these weekends. And yet this weekend, [...]

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Catholic Writers’ Conference Live . . . Are you coming?

So far response to this opportunity has been slow . . . If you would like to attend but are unable to swing airfare, why not drive out with a friend?! Half the expense, twice the fun! (Right, Sarah?) Somerset, NJ–The Catholic Writers’ Guild, in conjunction with the Catholic Marketing Network, will host its first-ever Catholic Writers’ Conference [...]

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Wee Cook Wednesday: Clove Broth Soup (Thanks, Healthy Mama!)

Moms aren’t supposed to get sick. It’s in the manual, just look under “Acts of God and Other Inconceivables.” But once in a while, it happens:  Someone comes to you in the middle of the night and hits you between the eyes with a blivet, sending chills coursing through the body and leaving you aching [...]

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