Monday, September 9, 2013

I haven't been writing

I haven't been writing this summer. Partly it's because our summer was very busy. A did a great job describing it here. The one thing I would add is that this was the summer our boys started playing with each other. They rarely did that before, but now they're always giggling and wrestling and cracking each other up. I love it. I also partly haven't been writing because I wrote a post about the George Zimmerman verdict, and when I didn't publish it, it became a mental block against other posts. But mostly it's because lately I've been feeling less and less like an adoptive family, and more like just a family, who does ordinary family stuff and deals with ordinary family issues, which really aren't that interesting to read about.

I'm going to try to start writing again. I do occasionally have thoughts that I'd like to record for my memory-challenged self. One change I'm making is that I'm turning off the anonymous comments, because all I get are random Bible verses or nasty notes about my kids. Seriously, people, you have nothing better to do?

To kickstart the restart, I'll leave you with some of D's greatest hits of the summer, reposted from facebook:
  • Insults the kids traded today: "You like Abraham Lincoln." "You like Jomo Kenyatta. " "You're a butler." 
    • D: Do you get how flexible you are from your first parents? Me: Yes, it's genetic. D: Genetic? I thought it was gymnastics.
      • D has invented a country called D_land. It has a lot of billboards, and people there are greedy. Its current president is named San DeMoy. The country fought a civil war in 1961 over how to share the country's three mountains.
      • D, yelling out from the bathroom: "White men, you've had your turn!"
      • D is going to get a job that he describes as "I will look at people's belly buttons and screw them."

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      1. oh my gosh, those last two made me laugh out loud!
        and seriously, nasty comments about your kids?!, please turn that off, nobody needs to see that crap

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        1. He's a funny little guy.
          In the past I've deleted the nasty comments, but now I won't have to see them either and I can pretend the world is full of nice people.

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      2. They are hilarious! Glad to see you back. And dang, there is no shortage of people trolling the internet with waaay too much free time.

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        1. You got one on your last post, didn't you?

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      3. Lol!It is so nice to hear that they are playing together. So fun.

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      4. Sounds like you might need to have the sex talk before he tries to screw someone in the belly button! Oh, and I'd love to read your George Zimmerman post. Email it to me.

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        1. Nothing earth-shattering. Just trying to wrap my head around it. I'll send it to you.

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      5. I said recently to a friend, I'm quitting those big large adoption group forums mostly because I feel like we are just living our regular ordinary lives....adoption is one small piece in the big wheel of our family.

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      6. If I get my act together, I think I will have three non-adoption-related postings in a row. D is a hoot. And A's writing was phenomenal. And every summer gets busier than the one before.

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      7. I'm happy to see a post from you! I totally understand the feeling that you're having - that you have a family, not so much an adoptive family - and I'm glad to hear you're feeling that way. It shows you have all come a long way. Love the funnies from your boys, too! (And sorry about the trolls - who knows how people have the time or energy or motivation for that crap.)

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      8. Oh, I am so glad that you recorded D's greatest hits. I feel like, "You're a butler," has great insult potential. Next time someone on the bus overshares their overzealous opinions, I might have to try it out. Tell D thanks for the idea.

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      9. Love this post--and I feel the same way about blogging. Feels weird and good at the same time. And sorry about the trolls--I had one early on and it was upsetting. You boys are hilarious. :-)

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