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Band-Aid Therapy
Hugs are not free. Not at this house anyways. I have come to realize that it costs me an average of 6 cents per hug which is in direct correlation to the average of cost of a Band-aid. We buy them in...
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The Importance of Maintaining Sibling Bonds
I truly think if we paid attention throughout our lives, we would see patterns. What seems like isolated events often foreshadow another life event down the road. The death of a beloved pet may prepare...
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Dear Baby T,
Dear Baby T, Tomorrow will begin the start of testing. The amount of tests, evaluations and doctors that you will begin seeing over the next few weeks, months perhaps years, will most likely be...
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Adopting Us
Adopting a child is one thing. When a child adopts you, the real magic begins. Sometimes it’s a big in your face thing that cannot be ignored. Other times it’s a bunch of small things that weave...
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Dear Fat Fluffy Foster Mom,
Dear Fat Fluffy Foster Mom, Happy New Year’s Eve! Hey, before you make those resolutions, I just wanted to tell you that you’re beautiful. Yep! It’s time to celebrate this year’s hard earned fluff....
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The C Word
“If he leads you to it; he will lead you thru it”. I have heard this many times. Hell, I have said it. Here’s another one; “God will only give you what you can handle”. Yeah, right. These are nice...
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Emotional Neglect – Building Awareness
Neglect. That word doesn’t get the recognition that it should. How much does the general public really know? Abuse. There is one that we know. We all know a story about a little girl that gets beat so...
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Back to School: A Trauma Mamma’s Take
Back to School! HELL YA! I’m sorry if you are one of those parents who cry and get all emotional. If you are than we are not on the same page. If you home-school, bless you, but again we are not on the...
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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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