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Category Archives: Adoption columns
Adoptive mother: Broken hearts
This past weekend I crushed my 7 year old’s heart…and my husband’s…and mine too while I was at it. It was quite the productive weekend. This heart bashing event was the grand finale of my son’s begging for a dog … Continue reading
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Birthmother: Ten years and counting
By Birthmother – My first child turned ten years old in May. It’s December now, the very LAST day of December. I’ve been putting this journal entry off for THAT long, not because I’ve had anything better to do, but because … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: My son, the donkey
I heard an interesting talk a few Sundays ago from the reverend at my church (cslsj.org) about a monkey trying to get a donkey to climb a tree. The monkey kept getting frustrated again and again in his seemingly endless … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: 20 questions
We had time to kill in the car this past weekend during a recent road trip so my son suggested we play the 20 questions game. In this game a person thinks of someone and doesn’t tell the other person … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: Goodbye Erie, PA
This month my parents will be moving from my childhood hometown, Erie, PA and will relocate to Cincinnati to be closer to my brother’s family. Naturally this brings up a lot of sadness for me for a variety of reasons. … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: Yes I Can?
My shin and foot are not very happy right now. I was attempting to break a board with a round kick in taekwondo yesterday (a board breaking kick I had done once successfully earlier in the week) but I wasn’t … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: Book review
As an adoptive parent I’m always keeping an eye out for children’s books that are out there which resonate with our own son’s adoption story. Because adoption stories can vary from each other tremendously there aren’t a lot out there that … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: The ‘Adoption’ card
My husband and I have always been aware that sooner or later along our journey of raising an adopted child, statements and questions would arise from our son or from others that would sometimes be painful, hurtful or throw us … Continue reading
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Best Health Blog Contest – I need your vote!
I found out yesterday that my website was nominated for Healthline’s “Best Health Blog Contest!” (Note: This is separate from being voted one of the “Best Adoptive Mom Blogs” of 2016.) I am more than honored for this as someone had to submit … Continue reading
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Adoptive mother: The sister
“I want to meet my sister, and have deep dish pizza, and play in the snow.” These are the words we’ve been hearing from our five-year-old son recently. “We can eat deep dish pizza here you know. And we could … Continue reading
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