| May 15, 2012 |
In the Depths |
Elise was pretending to make a mad face in the picture to the left, but that face is reflective of how everyone in our family felt over the weekend. We feel like we have been in the depths these past… |
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| May 9, 2012 |
Adoption Myths & Realities |
In the fall of 2006, my husband and I attended Tapestry’s Adoption Myths & Realities. We didn’t know much about adoption which led us to attend the event. Attending this event gave us a lot of information and put us in… |
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| May 1, 2012 |
Shame |
In the final chapters of the book, Anatomy of the Soul, is Chapter 10 Neuroscience: Sin and Redemption. This chapter discusses shame, rupture, and repair. We and our children feel shame when we suffer a rupture, a disconnection. The way… |
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| April 24, 2012 |
Who Do I Love More? |
While waiting for Maggie to join our family, someone asked, “Do you think you will love Maggie more than Elise?” I think they asked because Maggie is biological and Elise was adopted. That question has stuck with me. I remember… |
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| April 17, 2012 |
When Will It Be Enough? |
I want to read enough, study enough so I can ace parenting. The more I research and give myself; the more Elise pushes back with her emotions. When she says, “Nobody loves me…will you still love me forever…will you be… |
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| April 10, 2012 |
Adopt vs Adopt |
Forgive me for always using Elise as my example, but she does a lot that gets me thinking. She’s learning to recognize rhymes, but right now she just points out parts of words that are the same: upstairs/downstairs or inside/outside.… |
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| April 4, 2012 |
Try it Again |
When we first learned about the Empowered to Connect concepts, Elise was eighteen months old. We still started implementing what we learned, and we are thankful that we had tools to help us through various conflicts. The tool that is… |
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| March 20, 2012 |
Nutrition Profiles |
This is not the first post about nutrition, and I have mentioned the Spoon Foundation and Adoption Nutrition before. But, I was perusing the blog posts on Adoption Nutrition when they mentioned having someone write a nutrition profile. In the… |
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| March 13, 2012 |
Seeking Affirmation |
If you have siblings, you may remember the lovely time of sibling rivalry. (If you have 5 siblings like me, you may still experience it from time to time.) I can remember the ultimate put downs were to tell each… |
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| March 6, 2012 |
The Colors of Us |
In the picture, my oldest daughter is reading “The Colors of Us” to her new baby sister. This particular book has been well read around our house. My husband has the words memorized; he’s read it so many times. Our daughter… |
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