Posts Tagged ‘Marcie’

Protected: Dissolving an Adoption, a Call for Help

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March 2nd, 2010 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Yes, I have that kid

I was told today, by a friend, that her two children are not thrilled to play with my son. Great…he’s “That” kid. You know, the one that all of the other kids don’t want to play with but all of the mothers say they have to in order to be nice? Random Mom: He’s different,...

January 26th, 2010 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Sarah Jessica Parker: Twins with a Surrogate

The news is everywhere today…People Magazine, Huffington Post, the LA Times…Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick will welcome twin girls via a Gestational Surrogate later this summer. For a couple recently in the news with rumors of affair I do hope this was not a hasty decision...

December 23rd, 2009 | Domestic | Read More

Grandfather Frost

If you have adopted from Russia then you surely know about Grandfather Frost, or Ded Maroz…the Russian version of the man in red. He comes decorated with traditional embroidering and edged with the same snow white fluffiness, the red cap, white mittens, and felt boots. He has the same snow white...

December 8th, 2009 | Feature, Russia | Read More

How to: Visit with Santa

This is cross posted from last year’s post at Discussing Autism. Is your little one afraid to see Santa this year? Is he overstimulated by the mall and all the glittering lights, afraid of all the people, conscious of every detail around him, ready to flee at the slightest movement of someone...

December 1st, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Homemade Glitter

I came across this wonderful holiday treat today in a new cookbook and just needed to share it with you all before Christmas. Glitter is one of the best ways to decorate candles, presents, and all things crafty but is absolutely a bear to clean up. When we did our huge construction project this past...

November 24th, 2009 | Crafts, Feature | Read More

Sarah’s Choice a Religious Experience

I haven’t really been a religious person since my freshman year in college when I realized I had the freedom to explore other religions and discover that I had options other than the staunch Catholicism in which I grew up. I am, however, a person of faith. I believe in God and I do pray. I just...

November 23rd, 2009 | Feature | Read More

What Should an IEP Do?

Individual Education Plans can be VERY confusing for parents AND teachers and most parents are anxious, confused, and feel inadequate when they go into an IEP. I am a former teacher and am now in the role of a parent. I never thought that I would be the parent of a special needs child nor would I be...

November 18th, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Is it Supposed to Be This Easy?

I used to talk with friends at lunch about how I was preparing myself for the “worst”…reading up on FAS, sensory issues, making sure I baby-proofed everything and they thought I was crazy. They told me that that having children was supposed to be easy. That attachment and bonding came...

November 16th, 2009 | Attachment, Guatemala, Russia | Read More

Post Traumatic Stress in Post Institutionalized Children

Since adopting AJ we have been dealing with symptoms of Institutional Autism, something that the Autism community thinks is a quack theory but an illness and diagnosis that we know to be very real. We know that AJ had a very traumatic life in the orphanage but we don’t know why. Sometimes, we...

October 28th, 2009 | Feature | Read More