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Tuesday, August 21, 2012
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2012-08-21T20:28:00-04:00
Sunday Koffron Taylor
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Friday Finds: Summer Neutrals - 1. Safavieh PAT7013A Vernon Rocking Chair 2. KOUBOO 1050029 Wicker Pear Pendant Lamp 3. Whole House Worlds The Grand Tour Golden Hammered Table 4. Modernica...
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Book Games - Apparently when your kids get to a certain age it is increasingly less cool to take pictures with/of them. However KC was ok with me taking a picture of ...
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Adoption and Child Separation at the Border - On June 1, 2018 Rebekah Henson published an important thread on Twitter critiquing the hashtags #FamiliesBelongTogether and #KeepFamiliesTogether. The frame...18 hours ago
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Free our kids, free our minds - As heartbreaking as it is to listen to the cries of refugee children who have been forcibly taken away from their parents, we should remember that the forc...1 day ago
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Developmental Relationship Framework - The Search Institute first created the 40 Developmental Assets, and has recently been exploring the Developmental Relationship Framework.
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Human rights going down again in New York; Sometimes anger is justified and this is one of those times!!! - Lorraine testifying in 2015I am so f&^cking angry and upset. This is not a regular blog post but instead I want to tell you why I am so angry, Dear Reader...
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Is Facilitated Communication a Potentially Harmful Treatment for Children? - Not long ago, I published an article about potentially harmful psychotherapies for children in *Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. *I was more tha...5 days ago
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What the first mom study said to me - I didn’t have time to delve deeply into the first mom study in my last post. Today I want to talk about what it said to me, but before that, I want to rei...1 week ago
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Becoming Kaleb's Friend - I feel the need to write about Kaleb. He came into my life at a point when I wasn’t ready for a teenager. (To be fair, I don’t think anyone is ever ready ...
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Crocodile tears for immigrant children. - What do you make of current efforts to slam the current “administration” in the US for having separated immigrant children from their parents? The disgust ...3 weeks ago
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Resisting Extirpation: Revolutionary Adoption Activism - The Alliance for the Study of Adoption and Culture (ASAC) Conference this year will feature sessions of The Adoption Initiative, which is usually a separat...3 weeks ago
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I went to court today - Court was held today for Whiz and Rex. It was supposed to be a hearing where parental rights were terminated. Up until Friday of last week, all Auntie Carl...4 weeks ago
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Visiting the DMV With an Immigrant, Transracially Adopted Child - Recently I went with my anxious teenager to the DMV to take the test for her learners permit. We arrived expecting lines and nerves about her test. But wha...
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Bathe My Path in Shining Light - Oh hey, Mother’s Day, it’s you again. It’s still a shit time, even 20 years later. Fortunately I haven’t spent the weekend sobbing in many years, but my th...5 weeks ago
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Philadelphia Police & Starbucks: Shining Light on Racism - Original Image from Google Street View / Philly VoiceCoffee shops like Starbucks are a "fueling" station for me as a human being trying to exist in a hect...
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Free Video Series for Foster/Adoptive Parents - Free Video Series for Foster/Adoptive Parents Tried everything and nothing is working? Feel like your living in total chaos all the time? Thinking about ...2 months ago
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Annie E. Casey ~ Endings and Beginnings - This information about helping foster youth navigate transitions should be required reading for every foster parent and caseworker - especially those who w...
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The February 2018 Update is... - that there is no update. Really, are you at all surprised? We’re doing well though. My attorney wants me to put the blog back up and start writing ag...3 months ago
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The Wall - I hit the wall hard on Friday night and I woke up Saturday morning just as miserable as I had gone to bed. So I . spent the entire day in my hiding in my ...4 months ago
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Voice Clips - I sent up a request on the Chinese subreddit asking if anyone was conversationally fluent in Hokkien/Mandarin to see if they could translate (or get the gi...4 months ago
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Therapy - Well. Y "finished" therapy, but we can go back if we need to. I feel like things are going so much better overall with him. The therapist said she felt li...4 months ago
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Do ferrets make good pets? - Ferrets have this adorable face that you can’t say no to. They are loving animals that like warm places and to sit on their owner’s lap. However, the t...4 months ago
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Where There’s Smoke… - finished transcribing a Supernatural fan fic i started writing over the summer today. it comes in at about 4.5k words so far, but there’s still …5 months ago
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Mothers as "Relinquishers" - Revised 12/21/17*Open Letter to MADDeline Hauter aka Julie,* Julie, you and I have gotten off to a bad start and I would like to remedy that. I have been a...
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Another Milestone ~ 8 years and 8 months in the making! - Another milestone in my reunion with my firstborn happened last weekend. (It only took 8 years and 8 months!) For the first time ever, all of my children ...
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The Logic of Compromised Attachment - Originally posted on elle cuardaigh: by Rich Uhrlaub, excerpt from ASRC post, “Wild Dogs in the Basement: The Enigmatic Male Adoptee” The Logic of Compr...8 months 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...10 months 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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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’...11 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...1 year 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...1 year ago
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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...1 year ago
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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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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, ...2 years ago
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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. ...2 years 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...2 years 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 ...2 years 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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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 ...3 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...3 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...4 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...4 years ago
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National Guinea Pig Day - Blitzen and I took the day off of school and work to celebrate the day. And a really weird thing happened – we had an amazing time. Blitzen and I have ne...4 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...4 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...4 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...5 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...5 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...5 years ago
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Up Close and Personal: Adoption Motherhood - 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...5 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...5 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...5 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...6 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...6 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.com6 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...6 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...6 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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Good Reads
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Applause4 years ago
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Dragon Slippers7 years ago
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