Posts Tagged ‘parents’

Adoption Family Trees

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 family tree. I remember one young girl who came to me in tears one...

February 8th, 2010 | Feature, Issues | 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

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 the day we went to meet AJ for the very first time so it holds a special place in my heart . Borya and the Burps:...

November 4th, 2009 | Russia | Read More

Grown in My Heart

“Sometimes its not the child we carry that belongs to us but the child we have in our hearts.” One of the most difficult things to deal with regarding infertility is the fact that we can not bear/have our own children. I still deal with this on a regular basis and I will be the first to...

September 26th, 2009 | Feature, Russia | Read More