Shining Moments

Life has changed alot from those days of Father Knows Best,        Metal lunch boxes that flew open at the worst of times,        Playing kickball outside with the neighborhood kids. Listening to the crickets singing on a late summer’s evening. Evenings of homework...

Shining Moments

Sometimes it seems that I can almost hear that sound     though its been many years. Pages being turned. Book jackets being removed. Book upon book upon book. She was two just turning three when I adopted my youngest daughter     from Russia. It had been a long       ...

Shining Moments

It was only a few months after 9/11 and I was scheduled to fly to Ukraine to adopt my second child. I was apprehensive about leaving my daughter who was only 8 at the time about the adoption process that was different from Russia where I had gone previously about my...

Shining Moments

It’s been many, many years but the memory is forever etched in my heart. I was in Ukraine at the time trying to adopt my second child. Although moved deeply by the beautiful people and the sight in Kiev my heart was heavy with longing to make the adoption happen....

Shining Moments

An earthquake in Maine?  Maine? I scurried to read the news to see where in Maine it was. Epicenter-Lake Arrowhead. Never heard of it so I checked the maps. Found York Beach, Maine. Too close. Much too close. My heart beat rapidly thinking about my northern friends....