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It’s Okay to Look Back
Goodbye. I am really starting to hate that word. After saying “Goodbye” to my mom forever and saying “Goodbye” to my oldest child as he enters a new chapter in his life away at school, my heart aches....
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I Didn’t Yell!
I figured it out! My kids get together and plan it out. They decide to behave like lunatics all at the same time. I imagine them sitting around saying “I’m going to make mom nuts by…” . Someone else...
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Resurrection: Catch up & Carry on
Baby T not a baby anymore Warning this will be long and boring as I catch us up…The new exciting dirt comes in the next post which will be either tonight or tomorrow. The last time I tried to...
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Down the Rabbit Hole
Foster care and adoption are awesome right? Everyone deserves a loving family right? It is what I was meant to do. So, maybe just one more….. It is incredibly easy to get caught up in the fairy-tales...
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Good Intentions
I network. During my days as a bartender, my seats were filled. When in sales, my quotas were hit and my regulars called me for new memberships. So it just seemed natural that I would do the same as a...
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Breaking Free
We transitioned Miss A into our home relatively quickly. While, slow transitions are typically recommended with older youth, this was a special circumstance. She was pregnant and really needed to be in...
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There’s A Baby On The Way!
There’s a baby on the way! There’s a baby on the way! When anyone moves, there is chaos. There are boxes and bags, shifting of dining seats, expectations to be discussed and painting to occur. This is...
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Witnessing Hope
Adrenaline. I can’t describe it any better. Pure adrenaline. Sometimes, when I think about helping birth Miss A’s baby, it is like I am watching from the outside. Who is that woman who is stroking this...
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Another “Get Through”
Good Bye. What is really good about Bye? Some cultures don’t even have that phrase in their language. Some cultures only say see you later and leave out all finality as they look to the afterlife....
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My Nightmare
Bam Bam Bam. “Oh My God – He’s trying to coming in”! Those were the words that rang in my ear on the cold winter night as my oldest son screamed to me in the middle of the night. My husband had been...
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