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Letting the World Know... 30 Nov 2010 | 06:02 pm
...that it CAN be done! Extra, extra, read all about it! The December 6th issue of People magazine, which came out last week, features a phenomenal story on HIV adoption. (Go out and get one if you ha...
"Stay Away from People with HIV?" 1 Nov 2010 | 04:17 am
Below is the continuation of the previous blog post regarding a child's experience with disclosing her HIV status at school. Even though I told my friends I had HIV, everything was still okay. Everyb...
Kids will be kids... 14 Oct 2010 | 06:17 pm
Recently, my daughter spontaneously decided to disclose her HIV status to some friends at school. Though we have completely disclosed to family and close friends, we had not done so at her school. How...
"A Princess that's brown like me!" 12 Dec 2009 | 09:19 am
(The title of this thead is a quote from my 3 year old niece.) Today is the official opening of Disney's "The Princess and the Frog." As many of you know, this will be the first major animated motion...
At last! 3 Nov 2009 | 01:42 am
Friday was a huge huge day for people with HIV, those who love them, and those who love justice. For 22 years (22 years!) the US government has prohibited people with HIV from receiving a visa to the ...
The scariest thing about having a child with HIV 17 Jun 2009 | 01:03 pm
I get a daily Yahoo feed of news stories related to HIV and one of the ones today sent chills down my spine. You can find it here http://www.4029tv.com/news/19769264/detail.html about a young person w...
An unspoken hero--my daughter's teacher 3 Jun 2009 | 04:24 am
My daughter ended first grade last week, and it was full of mixed emotions for both of us for many reasons. Though I am happy she will be moving on, it is with a heavy heart that I say farewell to her...
I will spew you out of my mouth 8 May 2009 | 01:01 am
Yes, that's a fragment of a Bible verse. But more specifically, it describes my feelings toward a nonsensical, discriminatory policy that's being applied to HIV + internationally adopted children rega...
World AIDS Orphans Day 6 May 2009 | 02:35 am
May 7th is the seventh annual World AIDS Orphans Day. There are various events occurring around the world to commemorate the day and call attention to the plight of the millions of children orphaned b...
World AIDS Day 1 Dec 2008 | 06:31 pm
World AIDS Day is a somber but necessary day for those of us with positive loved ones. I pray for the day that it can be renamed HIV/AIDS Eradication Day due to the discovery of a cure for HIV. Howeve...
