by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 18, 2015 | Kiddy Diaries
Our first Thanksgiving as a family of four was a disaster. Fortunately, we did not have to host or cook anything, just show up and eat which is a dream come true. However, this train derailed only eight miles and one long hour into our unexpected journey. Yes, eight...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 16, 2015 | Kiddy Diaries
I’m the mama who quite consistently pays $10 in late charges to the library every month. In my defense they don’t have a drop box outside to leave the books and apparently I can’t be bothered to unload the kids to head into the library. This cycle of...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Mar 9, 2015 | Heart and Soul
I’m a mother of two, and to be honest sometimes I still feel like a 5th grader except with a mortgage payment and two kids who follow me around and call me “mama”. I mean it, the other night Derek was snoozing and the baby was asleep in his arms reach while...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Feb 26, 2015 | Heart and Soul, Kiddy Diaries
I remember at four years old feeling so different and it didn’t take long to find out why. In a sea of white there I was with my brown face. I couldn’t understand why no one looked like me. I couldn’t understand why at class parties no one wanted the...
by Tiffany Bluhm | Feb 24, 2015 | Heart and Soul, Spend Yourself
Today is February 23rd. A day I always reflect on as it’s the day I was adopted in 1988. I was escorted from an orphanage in Raja Gardens, Delhi, India to Seattle with different caregivers along the way. The only story about the journey that I’ve been told is that...