The spotlight has always been on celebrities, and we over the years as a society have come to think that not only do these people wish for their professional lives to be viewed by the masses, but their personal lives as well. We feed off of tabloids and gossip and watch their every move both professional and private, or at least what should be private.

As the world watches the dispute over child custody between Britney Spears, and her ex-husband Kevin Federline,... more

It's time again to explore yet another tip on how to celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month from adoption.com's calendar. Since it is already late in the day, we will focus on the tip for Thursday, which is to ask your company to sponsor local foster children for the holiday season, by providing gifts for the children in need.

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In Fargo North Dakota, a plan has been brewing. Sheriff Paul D. Laney along with his team devised an elaborate sting operation, which included the unauthorized use of Rock Star Ozzy Osborne's name. It seems as though the team of tricky officers sent out invitations to 40 local rock fans asking them to join Ozzy, along with his touring partner Rob Zombie for a cocktail or two before Monday's performance.

Only there were no drinks, and there were no rock stars waiting for these 40 individuals, whom arrived with invitations in hand. You see... more

As I have mentioned before, November is National Adoption Month, or as it is also known, National Adoption Awareness Month, and what better way to celebrate our family than on a giant ship! That's right we are gearing up for a nice family cruise! This will be the first time that the kids have been on a cruise ship, as well the first time that they will step foot in a different country. To say that they are extremely excited would be an understatement to say... more

It's time again to look at another helpful tip from the adoption.com's thirty day calendar of ideas on how to celebrate National Adoption Awareness Month. The tip for today is to get your local churches involved by planning a worship service that delivers a message about adoption.

There are many different ways that churches... more

When progress reports came out half way through the school marking period, my adopted stepson was not doing so hot in Latin II, in fact he was pretty close to failing the class, and we were not too happy about it. While we understand that Latin is a very hard language to learn, and the second year of Latin is even harder since the entire text book is written in Latin with no English in it whatsoever, he was not having difficulty learning the language due to a lack of skill,... more

Yesterday I wrote about National Adoption Awareness Month, and how even if you have not celebrated, or gotten involved in the past, you can always start now. But some of you may be sitting at your computers scratching your heads as to how to go about getting involved in National Adoption Awareness Month, and what you can do to help educate others about adoption.

adoption.com has come up with a wonderful way... more

Halloween was a smashing success again this year, with everyone having a great time, although quite a chilly one! And with that holiday done and over with it is time to gear up for the next celebration, which actually begins tomorrow! And I bet you thought that you had until Thanksgiving! That's right tomorrow is the first of November, and kicks off National Adoption Awareness Month.

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, with the seventeenth of November being National Adoption Day. Both National Adoption Awareness Month, and National Adoption Day are set aside each year to bring attention to the thousands of children whom have been adopted, as well as for those who are... more

After our first two attempts were thwarted by rain, we finally got the opportunity to go out to the pumpkin patch this weekend and spend some time together as a family picking out the pumpkins that we are going to carve up for Halloween. Halloween is the kick off to the holiday season for our family, so going out and getting our pumpkins is always quite exciting for the entire family.

My husband and I began planning our visit to the pumpkin patch early in the weekend. We had decided to go to the mall on Saturday, to get some clothes for our family cruise, and get our pumpkins the following day. Living where we do, there are a ton of farms in the area, most of which not only... more

While deadbeat dads are usually the ones who are in the headlines, taking all of the heat for non-custodial parents who fail to pay their court ordered child support, the tables have finally turned, if only for a brief moment in time, and deadbeat moms are making some headlines of their own.

And these moms are not just a tad behind in their child support, they have failed to keep in contact with the system, show up for court, and basically ignore every step of the process, digging themselves into financial holes upwards of $50,000. One woman, now living in the state of... more