Adoption Myths 101: Adoption Costs $100,000

Adoption Myths 101: Adoption Costs $100,000

Back Story: The recent Supreme Court ruling has brought out so many adoption myths. When society as a collective talks about adoption, it does not know what it is talking about. People say flat-out stupid things. Correcting those things has made me decide to blog again, although blogging feels so 2010. Disclaimer: It’s important to … Continue reading

Lucifer Season 4

Lucifer Season 4

Part Three of the “They Ruined Lucifer” series Season 4 was awful, though it wasn’t as bad as Season 6. What made Season 4 awful? We didn’t get to see Chloe’s immediate reaction to Lucifer really being the devil. Chloe runs to the Vatican with Trixie for an entire month. Chloe sides with some evil … Continue reading

Lucifer Season 3

Lucifer Season 3

Part Two of the “They Ruined Lucifer” series What really happened in Season 3. Season 3 was uneven, but it wasn’t horrible. There were some great episodes, and, aside from Chloe, all of the characters’ actions fit their characters. (One of the Lucifer Netflix Original FB group mods says that Chloe had brain damage from … Continue reading

They Ruined Lucifer (Part One)

They Ruined Lucifer (Part One)

And now, for something completely different… In 2017, I discovered Lucifer. I’d known about the existence of the comics, but I’d never read them. Then a friend of mine recommended the TV show. Needing something to watch, I binged the first two seasons just before the third season started. On September 14, 2017, I posted … Continue reading

November 8th

My mom still has a Facebook page. I’m not sure how to make it go away. I’d probably have to get my dad’s permission to do it, and I’m not sure I want to have to take that three-way phone call. (Remind me to tell you the story of his cable bill.) Anyway, the fact … Continue reading

I Just Can’t Even: Mask Shaming Edition

I Just Can’t Even: Mask Shaming Edition

“I can’t imagine fearing for my children’s lives over something that is supposed to ‘protect them’” ~ One of my white Facebook friends For those who don’t want to read this whole rambling, the point is this: Masks should not be mandated. If you want to wear a mask, wear a mask. If you don’t … Continue reading

Blasts From the Past

Starting tomorrow, and continuing over the next year, I’m going to be republishing many of my blog posts from AdoptionBlogs.com. That site, while still active and operated by adoption.com, purged a lot of their older content. I wrote for them from February 2009 to December 2010. I’m not saying these are great works or anything. … Continue reading

I Just Can’t Even: Black Lives Edition

I Just Can’t Even: Black Lives Edition

I haven’t been writing. That’s not entirely true. I have entire books written inside my head. I just can’t commit anything to the physically written word. The problem is, words don’t matter. I’ve written many words… You’ve Heard of Trayvon Martin, in 2012 Shot, in 2013 None of That Was Done By Whites, in 2014 … Continue reading