Happy Christmas & Merry New Year!
Much love, peace and happiness to all!
Edited: December 24th, 2009
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
May your Christmas be peaceful and happy
& may your 2010 be merry and bright!
& may your 2010 be merry and bright!
Edited: December 24th, 2009
Rock out while helping deaf kids hear
Todd Simpson and Mojo Child
Live in Concert
at Workplay
Birmingham, Ala.
Jan. 9, 2010, 8 p.m.
Brought to you by
Alabama Power & Tom Williams Lexus
Proceeds go to
The Children’s HEAR Center
Helping deaf and hard of hearing children of Alabama and beyond
Tickets on sale now at
Workplay
$20
All ages show
Edited: December 23rd, 2009
National Adoption Month
In honor of national adoption month, here’s an article I wrote that appeared in Birmingham Parent, Portland Family and Indy’s Child.
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Family Ties: Helping children understand adoption
By Tiffani Hill-Patterson
November – time for raking leaves, enjoying the cool, crisp mornings and giving thanks. November is also National Adoption Month and more than 120,000 families in the United States are especially mindful of their blessings.
Being adopted is just part of who a child is, just like having brown hair or green eyes or being tall or having freckles. Local experts say families of adopted children should strive to teach that awareness.
This guide offers ways to help children understand that adoption isn’t weird or unnatural; it’s just another way of creating a family.
Read more:
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Also read my writer friend Meredith’s post at Psychology Today: National Adoption Month: Bittersweet.
Take time to tell your family, in whatever arrangement it is, that you love them!
Edited: November 17th, 2009