I tried to keep an open mind. I did! I didn't want to be one of those people who will never accept any rendition of "Anne of Green Gables" other than the now thirty-year-old Kevin Sullivan miniseries. It's been well established here that I am crazy, wild, nuts for that rendition, as millions are. … [Read more...]
Of Adoption, Birth Fathers, and a Good, Good Father
You know, since I've fallen in love with the new NBC drama "This is Us," AND especially with William, Randall's birth father, I've been thinking again about my own birth father, "Ted" and how it all played out between the two of us. SPOILER ALERT: My birth father is no William. In fact, every … [Read more...]
9 Money Secrets of the Amish
People ask me all the time how I came up with the idea for my book "Money Secrets of the Amish," my most successful solo book to date and a 2012 Audie Awards nominee for Best Audio Book in the Personal Development category. Here's the scoop: An agent friend of mine, Tim Beals, approached me … [Read more...]
10 Adoption-Related Thoughts About “This Is Us”
They did NOT have me at Milo Ventimiglia’s butt on the trailer for “This is Us.” They had me at ‘finding my birth father.’ Because why? For one thing, to me, Milo is Jesse the Gilmore Boy (we’re still in Season 3 of GG, trying to catch up by November, which we won’t.) I mean, I could have been … [Read more...]
13 Luscious Green Gables-Inspired Baby/Pet Names
Plus Win an Antique Slate by Commenting Below! Oh, Anne! I love so many things about you, and today I love the fact that you are a Name Freak like me. How do I know this? How does a kindred spirit know anything about another kindred spirit? Also, witness Anne, begging Marilla to let her rename … [Read more...]