As many of you know November is National Adoption Month. As a mom who has adopted four this really hits home. Many of you know our story, which I wrote about in my book Adoption Combat Zone. For those of you who don’t know our story…well…get my book. I know there are many good adoption stories.…… Continue reading National Adoption Month
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Dear Teacher Of My Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Child/Teen,
(Or anyone else who has regular contact with him/her such as a neighbor, friend of the family, extended family member, church member, etc.) My child/teen has RAD. Reactive Attachment Disorder. I wanted you to know what we, his/her family, deals with every day so you can be aware when he/she exhibits these behaviors in your…… Continue reading Dear Teacher Of My Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) Child/Teen,
Are You Being Manipulated?
Typical statement from an adopted teen wanting sympathy This is the part about adoption that gets me angry faster than any other. When family and friends who have known an adoptive parent for years, or in the case of parents and siblings, their entire lives, and those friends and family allow an adoptive child/teen to…… Continue reading Are You Being Manipulated?
P.S. – After the Book – Viktor Update
If you have read my book (Adoption Combat Zone) you’ll know that towards the end of the book we bailed Viktor out of jail in January 2017 for driving on a suspended license and owing more than $5,000 to three different court jurisdictions. He was in way over his head. This after moving out on…… Continue reading P.S. – After the Book – Viktor Update
Lessons from Jacob – Trust & Patience
Genesis 25:21-23 And Isaac prayed to Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. And Yahweh answered his prayer, and Rebecca his wife conceived. And within the children struggled together, and she said, “If all is right, why am I this way?” So she went to ask Yahweh, and Yahweh said to her, “Two nations…… Continue reading Lessons from Jacob – Trust & Patience
Yahweh Can Use the Flawed and Broken
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I get into bed, exhausted, then toss and turn for hours before finally falling asleep. My brain just goes and goes. Thinking of all those things I didn’t finish that day, or topics I want to write about, or someone I was going to call and forgot. Nothing…… Continue reading Yahweh Can Use the Flawed and Broken