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November 07, 2024
My National Adoption Month Playlist
I love music. I think that is a medium that so many talented artists have used to carve out thoughts, feelings, and places that invite us...
Parent
October 09, 2024
Embracing Big Emotions
I spent most of my life being described as overly emotional by every report card and every exasperated adult who could not deal with a...
Parent
October 08, 2024
Help! I Adopted a Teenager
Many people who want to adopt don’t consider a teenager, they choose to adopt infants. However, many teenagers in foster care need a...
Parent
October 06, 2024
Adoption’s Complex Endings
Adoption in the media is often shown either as entirely good or entirely bad. I think quite often adoption lands somewhere in between. But...
Parent
October 04, 2024
Read All The Things
I am a book wyrm (like a bookworm, but more like a dragon on her hoard than a bug chewing up paper); and I spend an inordinate amount of...
Parent
October 03, 2024
Supporting a Loved One with Depression
Depression is a misunderstood mental health disorder. The media often gets it wrong. As with many mental health and medical issues, real...
Parent
October 02, 2024
Mental Health in Media
I have had a lot of time to come to terms with my mental illness. It has been a lifelong battle that I’ve only, in the past ten years,...
Parent
September 30, 2024
Connecting With Your Children
It can be easy to compare adoptees and children from foster care to biological children. Children raised by their biological parents have...
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Parent
September 30, 2024
A Letter of Love to My Daughters
My dearest ones, my precious love, I know you aren’t babies any longer and haven’t been for a while now, but I will always see you as...
Parent
September 26, 2024
The Top 10 Sensory Items Our Family Loves
My family is officially more neurodivergent than neurotypical, as proved by scientific data. It’s . . . a lot. We are a lot—a lot of...
Parent
September 25, 2024
Teaching My Kids About Mental Wellness
I am the child of a generation that, by and large, dealt with anything remotely relating to mental health only a few ways. The most...
Parent
September 22, 2024
I’m Not Very Good at This in Real Life
I’m not very good at this in real life. It’s not to say I don’t try very hard. But sometimes, all the knowledge in the world can do...
Parent
September 10, 2024
Be Gentle With The Puffer Fish
I love pufferfish. They are adorable to look at, from a safe distance at least. When they’re frightened, they puff up like a balloon by...
Parent
September 04, 2024
How Star Trek Taught My Family About Love, Adoption, and Found Family
It comes as no shock to anyone that knows us. We are a family of nerds. The best pre-children Christmas vacation we ever had was staying...
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