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The Fairy Tale Family
This is different from my normal post about adoption and the traumas that we navigate. My mother in law asked me to write about the Thanksgiving we were able to spend together after not being sure we would ever be able to. During the holiday season I just wanted to think on family that brings…
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Summers End
Has it really been three months already? Is it really time to go back to school? WOOHOO!!! I know, I know. It was only a short time ago that I was ready to stop the early mornings, the carpools, the constant emails from teachers letting me know my precious was once again terrorizing the classroom,…
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The heart of an adoptive mom
“How do you do it?” “How are you sane?” “Why did you adopt more?” These are questions I have been asked along my journey as an adoptive mom. Some more regularly than I would like if I am being honest. I am always amazed at some of the things people will say thinking it perfectly…
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The unanswerable questions
I recently had a young lady ask me if I had a moment to answer a question. It had been a long day and I was really hoping it would be an easy one to answer so I could just go on to bed and sleep away all the emotions the day had already overwhelmed…
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Finding the joy
It’s hot outside. That is summer for you. The grass is green, sky is blue, the flowers are fragrant, and the heat makes it hard to enjoy it. Much like winter. The snow is beautiful, the fire is warm, the mountains call to the hearts of skiers and boarders to come play, and the bitter…
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Hurt people hurt people
I am overwhelmed with sadness as I sit and write this. I was up most of the night watching the hate unravel in Dallas as the numbers of senseless deaths rose. I watched it. Live on Fox News, the camera went to the lifeless protectors after shots rang out. I couldn’t believe what I was…
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The war between mother and daughter
There is a war that began when the first daughter cried her first cry and will continue until the last daughter takes her last breath. Every mother has fought it with every daughter, not one has escaped it, though some have been less gruesome than others. This has been made even more clear to me…
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The truth about trust
The words “My kids would never do that” will sadly not ever be said by me. I can’t think of a situation that I would jump to the defense of them as most mothers do. When the neighbor boy screams or cries I immediately look to my young as the culprits. I am on edge…
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Moments of sanity
There used to be moments of crazy. Days that I would find myself feeling like I had failed without the understanding of why or how. Now, I find myself passing and I try to grasp onto the sanity that comes with it. I rarely know how I have found the sanity or how to get…
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The heart of a gentleman
The news is filled with the outrage over the sentencing of the Stanford boy. It shouldn’t be. The news is filled with video footage of women and children being attacked by boy protesters. Boys not yet out of school attacking women and other human beings. It shouldn’t be. Let me explain that. There is an…
