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Adoption Family Trees
February 8, 2010 – 7:26 am | 6 Comments

When I taught Middle School we did a year-long writing project called “My Autobiography”. It included one writing assignment once every week. It also included projects like collages, art, and family trees. Yes, the infamous …

What Should an IEP Do?
November 18, 2009 – 11:33 pm | One Comment

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 having to fight for what he needs but that is exactly what I do every year for him.

Book of the Week: Borya and the Burps
November 4, 2009 – 7:29 am | 5 Comments
Book of the Week: Borya and the Burps

I have to admit that this is my absolute favorite adoption book on the market. Borya and the Burps: An Eastern European Adoption Story could have been drawn from pictures of the three of us …

Grown in My Heart
September 26, 2009 – 8:00 am | 7 Comments
Grown in My Heart

It took me a long time to get over the initial grief of not being able to have a child of my “own” and then even more time to come to terms with not being able to look a child in the eyes and know they came from me.