Raising Romulus and Remus

April 25, 2019

KölnerWolkspeigel It was "amazing" that in front of the house where her great-grandparents used to live, there are now memo...

April 4, 2019

Morocco Jan 21-Feb 4

February 7, 2019

Greta Stux Bayer

Greta Bayer, Allison Goldberg, Ted Stux, Bill Shore, Erica Stux, Lydia Stux, Philip and Diana Shore in 2000 Jan 26, 2019 It is with...

December 30, 2018

Erica Stux Nov 25,1929 - Dec 22, 2018

Dec 26, 2018 Thank you for coming today, to be with us and remember our mother, Erica Stux. ...

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About Me

runciblespn: As long as you [prospective parents] are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot. And there ain't no real difference between triplets and an insurrection. _____ MARK TWAIN
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Over a dozen years ago, in what can only be called an extreme act of hubris, my former husband and I adopted twin boys from Russia. Since then I generally feel like I am living in some bizarre reality TV show--SPEND A DECADE LIVING WITH TWO CRAAAAAZY KIDS!--or that I am a feature of a hard-hitting documentary exposé on the difficulties of raising children adopted from Eastern European orphanages--FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME, HYPERACTIVITY, LANGUAGE DELAYS, BEHAVIORAL IMPAIRMENTS, OBSESSIONS, COMPULSIONS: THIS WOMAN GOT MORE THAN SHE EXPECTED! After years of being urged by friends to write about the experience ... well, here 'tis.

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