The news wasn't good. I'm OK, still rocky but more angry than terrified. Scared, worried, but not terrified. The buyout will take care of college for the kids; we'll figure the rest of it out, and honestly, maybe this is the kick in the pants I've need...

Apologies for being absent here. Things at work are very serious at the moment, and the stress of waiting to know if I'm going to have a job here next year or not has pretty much reduced me to a stressed-out wreck. I won't find a comparable job in...

Must read: A generation fights to reform adoption laws. I understand this far too well: They found that in some cases an orphan hojeok (family registry) is produced for a child sent for international adoption, even if the child has a family....

From the Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute, a new report on adult adoptee identity issues: Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. From the study's website: The principal recommendations of the 112 page study...

20 Jahre Mauerfall - the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. If ever an event gives me hope for the future, it's this one. I wish I could have been there then. And I wish I could be there now.