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Dear Child(ren): Home Base
Hey there- Finally being licensed is a little crazy. Like we look at pictures on our computer screens and think, “Could we be their parents?” and then we send our home study into the great void and...
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Dear Son: Welcome to the Wise’s
Hi baby- I can’t believe I’m typing this. I can’t believe that I’m typing to a real person, that I’m looking at a picture of you and in a handful of days, we will meet you. We’d only been licensed for...
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Dear Son: We Love You and We Like You
Dear son- We met you this weekend. Your talent show was a whole TWO HOURS long and, in a cruel twist of fate, you were the very last act so we spent the whole show alternately crying and telling each...
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For the Teachers Who Rock
Dear teachers who rock, I come from a long line of excellent teachers who also rock(ed). My paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister. My maternal grandmother and aunt both taught high school...
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Dear Son: Into the Depths
(Fair warning: Strong feelings evoke strong language, especially when I’m in tiger mom mode, which I am currently. If you’d like to chat with me about it, feel free to come over and I will catch your...
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Dear Son: First Day of School
Hello there, you hunky pumpkin (inside joke)- Today is a big day. HUGE, actually. For two reasons… Big Day Reason #1: You have been home for two months today. That’s two months of time that we got to...
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Dear Son: For When You are a Lowly Human
Hey boo- You’ve been home 14 weeks now. It’s getting to the point where I’m going to just start counting in months instead of weeks because when people tell me that their baby is 119 weeks old, I get a...
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Great Wolf Lodge: A Suggestion
Dearest Great Wolf Lodge, We had the grand opportunity to visit your fine establishment this weekend with our son, at the behest of my parents who bequeathed unto us an early Christmas present. After...
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Dear Son: My Apologies
Hey booger- Maybe, some day you’re going to be a parent. Whether via adoption or the old fashioned way, you’re going to stare at your child lovingly, wonder how God could have created such a perfect...
View ArticleDear Niece: Here’s What’s Coming
Hey F.A.S, You and I haven’t hung out much yet; you’ve been busy being an infant and I’ve been busy taking children to the hospital. Well, there was that one time when I baby sat you but you mostly...
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