My earliest memories with my dad involve The Tale of Peter Rabbit and all of the lettuce that he nibbled on in Mr. McGregor’s garden. My dad always remembers that by age three, my sister and I would “read” the book out loud to him as he turned the pages. From the laps of my [...]
Ever since my leap into freelance writing three months ago, I’ve been climbing a steep learning curve. It’s been fun and hard, and I absolutely love what I do. However, working as a freelance writer can also be extremely isolating. I’ve learned the hard way that when I am frustrated or discouraged or need someone [...]
Today, we’re doing another guest interview on adoption with Janine Osterink, twin sister to Janna, who we featured earlier. We grew up with Janna and Janine (Korean twins in a very Dutch community), and they have both experienced the uniquely joyful experience of meeting their birthmother. Janna met her in 2005, and Janine went back with her [...]
Today, I’m going to re-direct your attention to another website: my writing website. While we talk about a lot here on A Tale of Twins, including adoption, food, sisters, and so many other fun topics, I don’t want to overwhelm any friends with a general onslaught of my recent publications. However, as a freelance writer, [...]
Recently, I was dropping a dear friend at the airport after a brief visit. On the car ride there, we tried to continue cramming in conversation until the very end, when I would hug her and thank her for coming and try to communicate by the tone of my voice just how wonderful it was [...]
Freelancing is not for the faint of heart — I am beginning to learn this as I struggle through the daunting work of networking and brainstorming and lots of things that don’t come naturally to my introverted self. The ebb and flow of ‘having work’ and then ‘not having work’ seemed like a romantic sort [...]
We are so excited to introduce our first-ever adoption interview on A Tale of Twins, as it’s a topic we’re extremely passionate about. This first interview series is with Janna Beckwith, who was also adopted with her twin sister, Janine, through Bethany Christian Services as a baby. We grew up with Janna and Janine (whom [...]
Picture this: my dear roommate Esther gets up early to take a shower, so that when I get back from the workout I’ve left for, she’ll be finished with the bathroom and I will have it to myself. Sacrificing sleep! For me! (She is just so nice, don’t you think? It would take A LOT [...]
Today marks approximately five weeks in which I took the plunge into full-time freelance writing. This means I haven’t put on dress pants in five weeks, and I’ve spent my weekends in excited anticipation of Mondays instead of battling the Sunday Blues. My flexible schedule has allowed me to host my sister and Tim in [...]
Despite the quietness here, life has been quite the opposite. Nashville was excellent. Full of delicious food and the warmest, friendliest people. I can see why Christina and Zach love it so. A huge and grateful thank you to all the dear people we met there. Y’all are so darn nice! And, thank you especially [...]