The kids in Williamsburg at Homeschoolers' Week. Yes, I made his jacket and the girls' dresses.
Hi, I’m The Political Housewyf. I’m married, with three kids, a German Shepherd, and a whole lot of homeschooling, gardening, sewing, cooking, and crafting projects! I think housewives should be just as interested in politics as everyone else, if not more. After all, this is our kids’ futures we’re talking about. There will be lots of politics and lots of housewifing, so, if you don’t feel like reading today’s post, check the rest, because I plan on the topics being fairly eclectic.
I graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a BS in history (hence the interest in history and the archaic spelling of housewife). I was a surface warfare officer for about five and a half years. I served on a guided missle destroyer and an aircraft carrier, before transferring to a shore assignment. Unlike many of our Navy friends, we have stayed put in Virginia, partly because my husband is a military contractor.
My three children are all adopted. After a lot of painful praying and struggling with infertility, I can now say, without gritting my teeth anymore, “It wasn’t our Plan A, but it was God’s Plan A.” Our first two adoptions (a girl and a boy) were both domestic and transracial (i.e. my kids are black, my husband and I are not, and they were born in the U.S.). Why transracial adoption when some people argue against it? Because we couldn’t tell a baby looking for a family, “Sorry, we were looking for something in pink.” Yes, there are ongoing concerns about raising a black child in the U.S., and I’ll probably comment on that at length at some point; check the “adoption” category. My youngest was adopted from China earlier this year. If my husband would agree to let me use their names, I’d tell you the cool stories behind their names… but we’re pretty sure we’re the only family in the country with this name combination (we didn’t exactly use Ava, Emily, and Jacob!), so the DH (dear husband) doesn’t want me using names for privacy concerns. *sigh* Instead, on the blog, they will be Crash, Empress, and Diva.
I think I have the cutest kids on the planet, even when they drive me crazy, but I may be a little prejudiced. 
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If I could re-title this piece by Judith Warner at the NYT, I would call it:
“Liberal Writer Attends McCain-Palin Rally, and Learns Something.”
It’s a riot.
My sister in Fairfax attended this rally and had a phenomenal time.
NOBAMA!
Marvelous, God bless you. I am troubled by anyone who would allow race to get in the way of loving a child.
My sister died many years ago, along the way I decided to let my cousin and her husband adopt 2 of the girls. Debra wanted children badly and could not do it alone and the girls loved her. We are African American and her husband was Italian.
There were problems from others, but we got past that. Along the way, my cousin died of cancer. However, by that time my two nieces had such a rapport with their “father” that we agreed to allow them to stay with him.
Their father eventually re-married again an African American woman, both of whom raised my two nieces. The girls are now hard working, honorable, loving adults who adore their father.
P.S.: Your children are beautiful.
Thank you! I’ll tell them you said so.
They think it’s cool they’re on mommy’s blog.
I do understand why people shy away from transracial adoption; the agencies and social workers paint it in such an awful light. Sort of like how doctors paint Downs Syndrome as the end of the world, resulting in 90% of children diagnosed in utero with Downs being aborted. It’s sad when you can’t trust the “experts” to give you good advice.
Hear, Hear! Well said! Thank you for your service. And as one political-homeschool wife/mom/business woman/Christian to another- Glad to meet you!
God bless you for following God’s Plan A for you! What a lovely way to phrase this blessing!
Any couples that are struggeling with infertility I would recommend Dr. Thomas Hilgers in Omaha, Nebraska. http://www.popepaulvi.com/
He is one of the leading authorities on infertility and is completely follows the teachings of the Magesterium of the Catholic Church. Many women who were told they had no chance of conceiving have had success with Dr. Hilgers. Keep up the good work!
Your children are adorable! You’re so blessed!
Interesting… I was in VA-46 aboard the JFK in 1974 (?) when we collided with the Belknap in the Med.