Nine months ago I wrote the post ‘XY’ and talked about how I was over-the-moon about adopting a boy. Not that I don’t like girls or girly-stuff. It just seemed pretty likely we’d be adopting a boy. We said we were up for either gender on our dossier. Since there are more families requesting girls, […]
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Pink was the color of my childhood bedroom. In the morning, when the light was soft, the walls were the color of our Magnolia blossoms in spring. Later in the day, the color would deepen to a rosy hue. As a little girl, I loved pink. I was a girly-girl. My favorite pre-school activity was […]