Not sure which is funnier, that my 4-year-old has decided to change her name to “Luna” or that she has her speech delayed 2-year-old sister’s complete buy in? “Amélie, time to come eat” “her name Unnna, NOT Am-mêlée, MOM!”
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A look at the Secrets and Dreams Resorts in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - A few weeks ago, my kids had plans to spend a week in Yosemite with their dad. I needed to get some writing done, and I also needed an escape from my house...
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Question to ponder - We are the adopted children of our parents, we (nor them) have any say in that, it’s the legal definition. We now have a new qualifier being attached to ad...1 day ago
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The Perks of Being a [Haitian] Adoptee - The Perks of Being an Adoptee by Mae Claire is part memoir, part “how to" guide, and part humorous commentary on what it was like for the author growing up...
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Wilderness Training For Kids - I know I've said this before but one of the things that we've always tried to teach the kids is to look at the bright side of things. Sometimes it's harder...3 days ago
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Annie Lane's damaging advice: When one child has an open adoption, and the other doesn't - So-wrong-about-adoption Annie LaneAnnie Lane, a columnist with Creators Syndicate, offered up some noxious advice recently to "Anxious Adopter," who has tw...
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Precious moments - [image: Image may contain: flower and plant] I am increasingly aware that life is so very precious and that joy is often found most in the smallest of thin...1 week ago
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at the developmental pediatrician - We got up early this morning. I fully packed everything last night so that Whiz wouldn't see me packing any bags this morning. I didn't put my shoes on eit...
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I Choose Not To - I can speak. I can say Wo zai xizao. When I’m hungry, I can say Wo yao he miantiao. Or when needing a drink, Wo xiang he shui. I can speak to myself in Chi...1 week ago
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Get Foster Parent Training and Help Hurricane Victims - WATCH “STRATEGIES TO STOP DIFFICULT BEHAVIORS” FREE NOW! As a former Houstonian, I have been grieving with my friends and family that have lost everything...2 weeks ago
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Potty training and other stuffs - I decided to start potty training. Both Claire and Peanut. At the same time. I may or may not be completely insane! Yesterday we spent most of the day i...2 weeks ago
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Lisa is an Erickson fan :) - I personally am a big fan of the usefulness of Erickson’s theory in relationship to foster care youth/alumni, particularly when it comes to the “Intimacy v...
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Proposing a Pattern of Child Abuse: Maltreatment Syndrome - When a number of medical or psychological symptoms tend to be seen together, that group of symptoms is referred to as a syndrome. Not every symptom that b...3 weeks ago
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Still coping with a difficult, aging parent. Still sane. I think. - I'm taking a break, well, a physical break, from tending to my mom today. Mentally it's tough to completely turn off when acting as caregiver to a parent w...4 weeks ago
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On Lebanese media and adoption. - Over the years I’ve been contacted by various journalists interested in writing about adoption and trafficking in Lebanon, and their usual starting point i...5 weeks ago
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Introducing Becca - Hi everyone! I'm back! Sort of. Let me explain. Many of you know me as a Rebecca Hawkes, but in real life most people know me as Becca Bryer. Rebecca Hawk...
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The heart-warming solution to race that won’t die - So hip to adopt. A new generation of rainbow family. Am I being too cynical, or what? Adoptees, what are your thoughts on this millennial web t.v. fare? ...2 months ago
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seeds - Sorry I disappeared again. It wasn’t a good time to talk about what’s going on because still nothing is resolved but sometimes I want to talk anyway and I’...2 months ago
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packing it in - I’ve been working on a piece regarding Hulu’s series “The Handmaid’s Tale” for over a week, trying to make it right. This is not that post. We’ve been livi...3 months ago
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GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE GRACE - (Old news, but I wanted to post something.) I wonder how many adopted girls/women have been saddled with this name? Well, here’s one more: The little girl ...5 months ago
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Never Lose Hope - It feels "as if" I'm dragging my body and mind through quick sand. Writing that sentence releases tears. Uncleverly avoided. 2013 was hard. So was...
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Taking Refuge - Ever since I began studying Buddhism, I’ve struggled with the concept of taking refuge. I’ve heard several teachers humorously refer to the idea of taking ...8 months ago
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Even adoptees in good homes suffer the trauma of loss - Being an Asian adoptee in Norway, I did not have the lottery luck of ending up in a good home, which is a fact that has adversely shaped my life from child...8 months ago
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Fosterwee Update, 2017 - fosterwee: Hi Friends. Quick update from the Harlem home of Fosterwee. Blitzen, Carrie and I officially adopted each other in September, 2016, nearly 1...8 months ago
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2017 Update - Quick update from NYC. Blitzen, Carrie and I officially adopted each other in September 2016, more than nine years after Blitzen entered the foster care sy...8 months ago
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Another day, Another Seizure... - Epilepsy never gets any easier. Or easier to write about. Awesome had another big seizure this morning. The second one this week. I find myself, as alwa...9 months ago
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(Birth) Moms ~ Search for Your (adult) Child! - *from: Wild Women Sisterhood* *FULL MOON PRAYER by Rumi What in your life is Calling you, When all the noise is silenced, The meetings adjourned....
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College Scholarships for Adoptees - *Did you know that there are scholarships available for adopted and foster children?* Many of these scholarships cover tuition cost, living expenses, c...
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Americans adopted this South Korean man when he was 3. Now 41, he’s being deported. - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/10/28/americans-... Adam Crapser was born in South Korea, but, when he was 3 years old, an Americ...10 months ago
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Still hoping for change - A few days ago, I received a surprise email from a new student at the university where I work. Her heartfelt message touched me, and she gave me permission...11 months ago
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Appreciation for Suits for Success Partners - Click to enlarge In the words of the youth themselves, as written in their evaluations: - Thank you *(many, many youth wrote this in their evaluation...
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All Parent Blogs in One Place! - If you are looking for all of my blog posts pertaining to therapeutic parenting, you can locate those on my coaching site. Neat and tidy. I'll see you over...
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I HATE THE WORD ADOPTION! - Back in the 1980s MaryAnne Cohen wrote the following poem. It is published in my first book *shedding light on...The Dark Side of Adoption, *(1988): *ADOPT...1 year ago
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Parenting and Partnering: I Hope You Dance - Do you dance? I do, although not as well as my husband. I can work through and memorize the steps and patterns, but the fluidity takes some time. In fact, ...1 year ago
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Mother's Day Self Care Looks Like... - ... knowing that we needed to do something different. It is usually a complicated day for me, sometimes horrible. Hubs was super supportive and orchestrate...
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Wallowing in Grief - Yet another great piece on grieving from Tim Lawrence at his blog The Adversity Within. Link to full post below. A few of my favorite quotes also below. ...1 year ago
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10 Cara Mengatasi Rambut Rontok Secara Alami Yang Praktis dan Mudah - Cara mengatasi rambut rontok secara alami seringkali menjadi pilihan yang dilakukan oleh banyak orang karena dianggap mudah dan terjangkau, selain itu ju...1 year ago
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Manfaat Buah Jambu Air Bagi Kesehatan Tubuh - Manfaat Buah Jambu Air Bagi Kesehatan Tubuh – Buah jambu air adalah buah yang sudah sangat familiar di Indonesia. Buag ini dinamakan jambu air karena di ...1 year ago
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Chinese New Year Chapter Books for Older Kids - There are many lists about Chinese New Year books for preschoolers and young elementary students, but very few highlight chapter books for middle graders a...
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Safe Haven? A Baby Abandoned in a Nativity Scene isn't a "Feel Good" Christmas Story - Copyright: kevron2001 Yesterday, a friend posted a link to an NPR piece that drew heartwarming conclusions of Biblical proportion regarding the recent aban...
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We’ve moved - Hi All, LGA has relaunched, and the website is located here. We’ll keep this site live as an archive of our former self. Please change your bookmarks to re...
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Shout It Out - So, between taking my sweet Granddaughter to Disney World and getting into our family place at the lake, I’ve spent most of September barely on social med...
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IEPs and children who have experienced trauma (post 2 in series) - *Problem* *Traditional behavior charts which include positive motivators (such as sticker charts, extra free time, treasure box prizes) and negative motiv...2 years ago
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Guest Post: David Smolin shares his experience as a speaker at this years Christians Alliance for Orphan (CAFO) summit - In CAFO’s own words their summit “inspires and equips Christians to care for orphans with wisdom-guided love. The CAFO Summit has become the national hub...
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How to Clean a Toilet - Cleaning a toilet is very important task for the household to spend a healthy and active life. Dirty toilet causes bad smell and produce a number of germs ...2 years ago
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Near and Far - Here's what Christmas was like when I was a child in Australia: presents in the morning around our family Christmas tree, then over to our grandparents' h...
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How to Braid Blond Hair - I wrote the following as a guest post for another blog several months ago. It was never published there, so I wanted to share it here instead. Before our k...2 years ago
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School Supply List 2014-2015 - I currently have 7 children, 5 of whom will be in public school this year. Their combined school supply list is forever long. Good thing I buy things on sa...3 years ago
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Small Update - I mailed my Dad’s Father’s Day card, which included my letter to him asking him to adopt me back, today. Now I’m nervous, but it probably won’t even get to...3 years ago
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Letting go of The Hard. Good night. - Why couldn't I just leave it here, unfinished? I don't know. Yet, it haunts me. This year, I become aware, one of the things I really needed to do was "Let...
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They Just Don't Get It . . . - I have decided to take my son out of school at the end of this year. For years I was intent on the fact that he would be in school as long as they allowed...3 years ago
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Monday Moments. - Hey look I came back, amazing I know. Things continue to be super busy. The kids had a calmer week, well most of them did, which was good, calm is good. D...3 years ago
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Great Deal on gDiapers Hybrid Cloth Diapers with Flushable Liners (LIMITED TIME) - One of my favorite ways to be a thrifty foster parent is to cloth diaper! For our family it's been a fantastic way to protect our foster babies' tender tu...
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Not the White Christmas I am Dreaming of.... - In light of the totally and complete idiocy surrounding the new debate about whether a FICTIONAL character is black or white, (and the subsequent white was...
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OAB Interview Day!! Meet Ashley... - Oh how I love Open Adoption Bloggers - especially the Adoption Interview Project. Meet Ashley from Blessings in a Basket! I loved getting to know Ashley...3 years ago
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Daiily Bastardette moving to Word Press - After a couple years of talking to myself about it, I have decided to transfer *The Daily Bastardette* from Blogger to Word Press. The final straw came...
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Well, Hello There - Hello! How are you? I miss writing here so much! But that is not what I am here today to say. [image: Adoption Blogger Interview Project 2013] The Adoptio...3 years ago
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Party Animals - *I understand this post is almost a year over due, but the theme of this blog is better late then never. * All I wanted for my bachelorette party was to ...
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Luca's 3rd Bday - I was there the day he was born. I can not believe this little baby is THREE years old. (Click to Enlarge) Someone please tell him to stop growing...
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Trauma Doesn't Tell Time - Robyn Gobbel, LCSW, wrote a blog post regarding trauma, implicit and explicit memories. I don't know Robyn but now I'm seriously crushing on her. Here is...4 years ago
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Guess who got a job? - Me. That's who! My background check was finally fixed and the transitional living program offered me a job. It will be a night job that doesn't pay enoug...4 years ago
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Oh My it has been AWHILE! - Well... by the looks of things around the blog I got busy :) I can't believe it has been since August that I last updated on our journey. I don't have time...4 years ago
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This Mother - What do we take? What do we leave? What do we publish and invite the world to disparage? Before I was a mother I was a writer for 20 years. And then I met...
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Orphans, Orphanage in children's movies and books? - If you are a member of the adoption triad you probably know of Disney's need to kill off a parent in every movie. We avoid any movies that I know have a ne...4 years ago
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Defining Ourselves for Ourselves - An Alumni Sister asked, “how do we learn to define ourselves for ourselves and learn to not see ourselves as cases but as people?” Learning to define yours...4 years ago
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Culture, Christmas & Adoption - Somehow, in all the years I've watched Miracle on 34th Street, I've managed to miss this scene until this year, where a Dutch girl comes to see Macy's Sa...
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First holidays together.... - Tigger, S, and I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were with my parents and my relatives. S's relatives have all moved out of state and this was his first...
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Musings of the Lame: Life as a Birthmother: What's Wrong With the Adoption Tax Credit? - Please hop on over to Musings of the Lame, where Claudia has made it easy to let your law makers know that we will support a bill that HELPS FOSTER CHILD...4 years ago
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Back to school= quiet house - Back to school 2012 that's deserving of a blog post! Really, my house is quiet. The tears of sending Jack off to Kindergarten have passed. I have a mome...
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Moving - I have moved this blog to http://adoptingspecialneeds.wordpress.com. I hope you all move with me!5 years ago
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See ya. - Well, I’m done. This blog has run its course. It got to be more of a burden (har har) than something I wanted to spend time doing. I had all sorts of thing...5 years ago
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Absence Makes The Heart Grow........ - "Absence makes the heart grow founder". Does it really? Or does absence make the heart grow curious, empty, confused, or just plain hard? I never truly und...
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Finding Myself - Have any of you seen the movie, "Runaway Bride"? Well, there's a girl who has been engaged multiple times and ends up running off during the actual wedding...5 years ago
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Labels Change. “Foster Kid” to “Foster Parent” - Fifteen years ago, if you would have told me that I would one day be a foster parent, I would have laughed in your face. I wanted to be so far away from th...5 years ago
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Reminder - I moved to: http://insertbadmovietitlehere.wordpress.com Thanks for following!
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Recognition. - My biosister, Nicole, is a teenager and is 5 months pregnant. Obviously, when most people find this out, they are curious to know if she will place her ...
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Moved - I've got myself some new digs. If you want to follow, email me at: dandiesinthesunshine@hotmail.com5 years ago
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Saying Goodbye To A Pet Is Never Easy - I lost my first baby, bandana boy, sooo sad. The decision was hard. And even though it may have been obvious, the loss of a pet is never easy. I still r...5 years ago
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Dealing with death and dysfunction - My maternal grandmother passed away last week. No condolences are necessary as I didn't know her. I wanted to know her. I tried to know her, but she was...5 years ago
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Just Sayin - In regard to some of the comments I am not and will not post Defensive behaviors can be the result of a: * Challenge to private or public perceptions of ou...6 years ago
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Moving Day - Tomorrow is August 29th, which is the deadline I set for myself to launch the newly designed site for Home (if I hadn't set the deadline I may have procra...6 years ago
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Farewell to Yoon's Blur - So, I know I just said I was going to take a break. But I have decided that, yes, it is time to go. No more "breaks." This is it. In light of all the "bre...6 years ago
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Musician Suzanne Vega Finds Her Birth Father--Her Blood Sings - Suzanne Vega's adopted. Sort of. At age 9 she found out her daddy wasn't her real daddy. She was also shocked because that meant she was White. (Adoptive d...
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My 30 Day Dating Diet - ----My 30 Day Dating Diet Journal---- "Embrace and appreciate your woman's mind." Tony Gaskins said. The immediate thought that rushed to my mind upon hea...
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From the Beginning - Are you a new reader? Then may want to start here. See my main blog HERE. Screwed Up: My Life Part I Part II Part III Part IV Part V Part VI Part VII P...
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