Have you ever noticed there was a scary silence in the house? When you have kids. You know that usually means trouble.

Recently I had my oldest adopted daughter and her two little ones visiting here with Grandma and Grandpa. As their dad did some home improvement work for us on our bathroom.

It has been a total joy to have my grand children here. But today we had a moment of silence that turned in to another whole home improvement project that Grandma will have to do.

We grabbed the camera to find my grandson Devin standing in the kitchen. When his mom and I snuck up behind him. She said "Devin what are you doing?" To which he replied "I workin Momma."

He... more

School has just begun and it is a great time to take some of your spare time and up date your Scrap Books. Capturing memories is as easy as the push of a button now with the high tech digital cameras.

Your local Staples, Office Depot, or Curicut City will have many different Font and Art programs just for scrap booking. They can help you create some of the most original and beautiful pages to include in your child's own personal book.

I like to document the first day of each school year. I also like to put a picture of their teacher and capture fun moments with their best friends. I make new pages for each activity that they get involved in such as baseball, dance,... more

For each of my children I hand made a Life Time Scrapbook. It begins with any Biological Family History we may have of them. All of this is placed in the back of the scrapbook in a time capsule section.

I chose special fabric for each book. One that was my child's favorite color or a theme they were presently into. I trimmed each book with lace. Tied them with ribbon. Then placed special pages inside them that represented each child and the accomplishments they have made.

There are places for pictures, friends phone numbers, notes, birthday... more

Here I sit groggy eyed and my body is tired. I try and lay down and so many things are pressing on my thoughts that sleep fails me.

Parents around the world spend many a night like this. Worrying for their children. Worrying if their decisions are right for their children. Choice by choice we make an impression on our family with each decision we make.

There is no right or wrong decisions. Someone has to choose what color to paint the house or if we can afford a new car or which bills to pay and which ones can wait till next pay day.

Everything just falls into the melting pot of daily balance. Sure some times you will make down right rotten decisions. Some... more

When school began. The little girl was very shy. She did not like staying away from the teachers. Her second grade teacher was a man named Mr. Thomas. It was hard to get to know Mr. Thomas. She would often studder and could not get her words out when she was asked a question by him.

Mr. Thomas kept making phone calls home. The sisters just did not know how to handle this new problem. So they invited Mr. Thomas to come to diner.

At diner they observed how their daughter studdered each time she had to speak around Mr. Thomas. Finally as the evening went on and they began to talk about every day things. Their daughters studdering began to subside. It was... more

Two sister's spent most of their lives living together, working together and making a home together. They had decided to not rush themselves into marriage. To take time and make sure they met the right men. Years past and they found themselves in their later 30's and they were still very content living together. But, neither had married.

They both had talked about children and having a family most of their lives. With this desire at hand they decided to ask about adoption.

Once again they took their time and they decided what kind of child they... more

There are nothing better than warm cuddly moments with your child and a good book.

Reading to children is one of the best past times a parent can do. It should be a regular habit. Every evening before bedtime or when you come home from work.

Children need to learn that reading is an essential part of life. It helps with education and it can also open up the wide world of imagination to anyone who dives into a good book.

You can go on adventures with the characters in the book. You can climb mountains or sail on the ocean,... more

You may know the cool looking Camel named "Joe" he is one of the cute adds that the tobacco nation has sprung on the world to attract people to the world of smoking.

There are dozens of brands from menthol to 100's. Brands like Camels, Kools, Marboro, Salems, Dorals and the no brand cheap-o's. Some carry a flavor. But they all can cause cancer.

They yellow your teeth and finger nails. They corrupt your lungs and cause serious illness and Respatory Issues.

Yet with the Surgon General of America placing a... more

Many people just do not have the time or patience to become Foster Parents or Adoptive Parents. But that does not mean that they do not love children and want to help out.

There are hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer to be a Big Brother or Big Sister, Or get involved in Child Mentoring, The county 4 H Clubs, YMCA, or Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts. So on and so forth.

Just because you can't be a parent does not mean what time you have to give is not valuable. The one thing Hillary Clinton said that made since to me was "It... more

Well I am telling you I feel as dumb as the day is long. For the last twelve years I have let everything in our family life be managed around April.

Whe DHS placed her in a pre adult home. I felt sorry for her. With all of our family dying and my oldest daughter being in the hospital. I let my heart rule my home again. April begged "Mommy please let me come back home. You are my family I belong with you." Well I did it.

I let April come home. The first week home she was back to her old ways. Thinking her attitude was going to... more