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I haven't blogged for a while and just put up a few posts. A very nice soul - Victoria - left me a comment! What a nice boost!

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She comes home...part 8

4/8/12 8:33am by jennifer.watson
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She comes home...part 7

3/20/12 9:21pm by jennifer.watson
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"I don't know how you did that! Taking care of a newborn all by yourself in a hotel room! I couldn't have done it."Numerous people express these sentiments to me upon our return home with Esme."Well...I didn't really have a choice," I reply.I'm sure before all of this craziness happened if someone had told me that I'd be spending 10 days with an infant in a hotel room, the majority of those ten days alone with her, I probably would have fainted at the prospect.Fainted dead away.  Read more >

Hello and Goodbye: The Bittersweet Enormity of Adoption

3/15/12 6:35am by jennifer.watson
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"How are you?" I ask K. "I'm OK," she says looking at me and then back at the TV. "I'm OK." Again, I wonder if she is trying to convince me or herself that she truly is OK. "Are you sure?" She nods her head. I try one last time. One last time I'll say it and then there's no going back for either of us. "There's still time to change your mind," I say. The statement...a question really...hangs in the air between us for a minute before K says, "No. I'm OK. I'm OK."  Read more >

She comes home...part 5

3/5/12 9:54am by jennifer.watson
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"I can't get her to wake up to eat," I say quietly to the night nurse, B. "She is sleeping so deeply. I've tried everything, but she just won't wake up.  Read more >

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Full Name
Jennifer Watson
Member Since
July 2010
About Me: 

Wife, daughter, sister, friend. Adoptive mom. Owned by a cranky, elderly feline. Long-time blogger, artist, writer. Student of Buddhism. Not exactly a domestic goddess.  Trying to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.

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Writer and artist
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Rhode Island

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