I Is For Identity

“Hi mom” I hear this often, from teachers, doctors, school children, and my own kids, of course. Being “mom” has become a large part of my identity. When I enter my daughter’s doctor’s office, for example, I am known as my daughters’ […]

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E Is For ESL

E is for English as a Second Language (ESL). This is my 12th year teaching ESL to adult immigrants and I love it. I never anticipated teaching English would be so much fun. My friend at church suggested I think about teaching […]

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D Is For Dog

My childhood dog was Lolly, an Australian Shepard. My mom and I fell in love with her at the pet shop. She was a small, white, puff of fur, soft and cuddly. My best friends and I loved skateboarding with our dogs, […]

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C Is For Cat

When I was a child I slept over at my friend’s house and she had a cat. I went to bed with trepidation knowing that her cat might lie on my feet and start kneading them. The cat liked to sit on […]

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B is for Basement

Little did I know that not once, but twice I would be locked in my own basement. Our basement is not a lovely place to be locked up. It is basically the catch all space for our stuff that doesn’t have a […]

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Welcome to Fun2Parent

Welcome to Fun2Parent, my new blog. Whether you’re a mom of younger or older children, or fury friends, or you’re someone who just enjoys a good read; please join me here for my musings on parenting my transracial family and our favorite […]

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