Jax Spearing

My husband and I were just talking yesterday about how we need to be better about knowing, and caring, how the goods we buy are produced. I occasionally seek out a fair trade pound of coffee, or buy something at American Apparel and feel really good about myself. But if it really is important to me, which my short bursts of ethicality would suggest, then I should be making every effort to make sure that EVERYthing I buy is ethically produced.
This will be a tough one to put into action- I may have to do this incrementally.

I was home-schooled from kindergarten through 12th grade. My mother home-schooled all of my siblings through most of their school years, and so far, everyone’s turned out fairly normal. :)
The returns on home-schooling your children, of course, correspond directly with how much you (and the child) invest in it. Our family was committed to schooling (although I’m not going to say we never had a day where going to the grocery store counted as school), and I think it shows in the way we’ve all excelled academically.
My older brother never spent a day in a “real” school until he got to college, where he finished his bachelor’s degree in two years. He’s currently the press secretary for the Senate majority office in our home state.
I chose a different route for continuing my education, taking a writing internship in Chicago and then spending a year in Switzerland studying German. Now I’m happily married, doing a lot of volunteer work, and starting college courses next semester, for personal enrichment more than anything else.
I have nine other siblings who are doing just as well. I don’t think we’re anything special, this is just the payoff for all my mom’s (and our) hard work.
I am sure it can be daunting and at times discouraging when you are in the beginning stages of homeschooling your children, but it really will all pay off in the end!

My husband and I want to adopt a child and I’m just a little overwhelmed at all the options. My parents adopted 6 children, so you’d think I’d know how to go about this, but not so much.
We know we want to do a domestic adoption, and we know we want to do it soon.
I’ve looked online and come upon LOTS of information, but nothing super helpful. Several websites/agencies stated that they won’t consider anyone under 25.
Does anyone have advice for a couple just starting out in this process?