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Hope and Healing in Older Child Adoption
How long does it take to heal the body? How long does it take to bring a child from hard places, especially places where they spent a long time in deprivation and/or sick, to a healthy level? How long… more →
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Hope and Healing in Older Child Adoption
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wrote 5 months ago: How long does it take to heal the body? How long does it take to bring a child from hard places, esp … more →
Mama Monday: All kinds of Mamas
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wrote 6 months ago: Since it is Mama Monday I thought it right to talk about us Mamas. After all, we are the topic of co … more →
The Mite and the Hydra
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wrote 6 months ago: Last week’s reading at Mass was about the widow’s mite. You know the parable: when the … more →
Metaphysics in Adoption
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wrote 6 months ago: By which I mean….in the processing of adoption and the trauma that comes with it. Always, big … more →
Marking the good: Play-dirt
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wrote 7 months ago: Karyn Purvis, of The Connected Child fame, has a few common phrases she uses a lot. These are fun a … more →
Because it's always about the hair...
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wrote 8 months ago: So, I’m switching things up for a moment, because this blog is as close as I’ll ever get … more →
Eyes Open: Marking the Reading Good
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wrote 11 months ago: So, I have done a few posts on “marking the good.” I call these posts “Eyes Open … more →
Canary in a Coal Mine
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wrote 1 year ago: That’s me. The mom, I mean. I know this isn’t a groundbreaking idea. The old adage … more →
Building trust in older child adoption
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wrote 1 year ago: “Trust me.” Such a simple phrase. We say it all the time. The problem is, it IS said … more →
Shadows in adoption; part 1
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve been thinking about shadows. I’ve been thinking about adoption shadows – by w … more →
St Vincent de Paul: for the orphans.....
wrote 1 year ago: ..and the widows and the poor. This saint had the big heart. The heart that, maybe, darn near broke … more →
Post Conference Post
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wrote 1 year ago: So, here it is, Monday. I didn’t have to travel to and from this conference (hooray) like so … more →
Conference, day two
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wrote 1 year ago: So here I am at lunch, day two (and final) of this conference. I guess I’m doing wht they call … more →
Be there or be square...
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wrote 1 year ago: This is where I’m gonna be this Friday and Saturday! I missed it last year, simply due to swam … more →
Talking about Ben - and a video
wrote 1 year ago: I have been writing quite a bit this week. Some of it I will most likely post soon, some is just for … more →
The Why of It
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wrote 1 year ago: Why do I love you? Simple question, no? We all ask it, don’t we? Or more, we ask, in our heart … more →
Stitched together
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wrote 2 years ago: See this quilt? Right there? Well, it’s mine! Yup! And, out of a spirit of decorum I will not … more →
Mama Strength
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wrote 2 years ago: Today is a kooky day in a choppy crazy week. I mean, today’s parenting had me looking at the … more →
>The Deep
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wrote 3 years ago: >Sometimes you forget. Sometimes you forget the depth of what this is. This adoption stuff. I gue … more →
