Posts Tagged ‘parenting’

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

playing the Adoption Card

I never thought I’d ever say this, but last month I caught my daughter playing the adoption card. What a phrase, right? Guaranteed to raise hackles left and right. Except that is EXACTLY what my five-year-old did. I am a momma who strives to keep open the lines of communication with my daughter,...

January 13th, 2010 | China, Feature | Read More

Interview with Bert Ballard

Recently I had the opportunity to speak with Robert L. Ballard about the book Pieces Of Me; Who Do I Want To Be? (which will be known as POM from here on out, for obvious reasons). While I was dying to ask him about the use of the dreaded semi-colon in the title of every adoption book, I held back....

December 14th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Giving Thanks in a world of RAD

It’s been a tough ride around here lately…but something changed. I think it’s me and I wonder why I couldn’t have done it a long time ago. RAD isn’t funny. I know that…but humor and a thankful spirit can, in fact, get a person through very dark days and nights and bring them out on...

November 25th, 2009 | Attachment, Feature | Read More

New Research Encourages Going Beyond Culture Camp

The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute just released the executive summary of its recent research study entitled Beyond Culture Camp: Promoting Healthy Identity Formation in Adoption. I’m so excited to see this published study because, although the results aren’t really all that new if...

November 13th, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

Leaving My Children – Or so I thought… (September 22, 2009)

I am mad…beyond mad because no matter how much I try to educate people on our situation no one listens. For almost a year, I have kept my children with us everywhere we went from church to family events. If the kids MUST be left with someone and one or the other set of grandparents are not...

September 22nd, 2009 | Feature, Korea | Read More

The Waiting…..

While we were figuring out how, exactly, to build our family when “the old-fashioned way” wasn’t working, few holidays were more tortuous than Mother’s Day. For those of you who won’t be celebrating Mother’s Day (yet)….this one’s for you: This past...

September 13th, 2009 | Feature | Read More

Speechless No More

That is what I have been lately, speechless. If you know me at all you know that speechless is something I am not very often, so why now? Well our family has had more than a few curve balls thrown at us lately, mostly in the form medical issues. While family and friends rallied around me, all I could...

September 2nd, 2009 | Feature, Special Needs | Read More

Wise-ing Up About Adoption and School

My Tongginator begins kindergarten tomorrow. I’m very excited for her… REALLY. I’m also a bit sad for myself. Because – you know – I’ll miss her when she’s gone all day. From 8:45 AM until 3:45 PM. ALL. DAY. I know. Although it doesn’t feel like...

August 27th, 2009 | China, Feature | Read More

The Floor Bed: Parts 2 and 3

A few weeks ago, I shared with you a post a written long ago about our daughter’s floor bed. After I wrote that post in 2006, Macey became mobile, and the game changed dramatically. Because I wrote that post before the wee-one was mobile, I now feel obligated to tell you about the floor bed after...

August 21st, 2009 | Feature | Read More