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Is It Summer Yet?
I love, love, LOVE my in-laws! I don’t know many married folks who can say that and mean it, but I really do. They are not intrusive, critical, or mean spirited in any way. You have never met a more...
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Lunch With an Adoption Expert
Today I had lunch with a friend and colleague that I have not seen or talked to in several years. I hate it when I lose contact with a person whose friendship I value. Still, sometimes, it happens. The...
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Supporting a Pap- The Do’s
This is a two part series focused on helping you help the Friend or Family member in your life who is adopting. The process can take a long time and some people don’t know if they should say anything...
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Supporting a PAP- The Don’ts
I’m following up my two part Supporting a pre-adoptive parent Do’s & Don’ts series. It was much easier coming up with the Do’s for this series. I struggled with the Don’ts. I think it was hard...
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Adoptees in Different Families – Brought Together By a Blog
Two girls, both Russian-born teenage adoptees have become friends through these blogs. These are two of the most amazing girls, older child adoptees, bent on now giving back to other children without...
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An Adoptee’s Extended Family?
Many discussions have taken place about all of the “players” in an adopted child’s story. There are birth parents, adoptive parents, possibly foster parents. In the case of many of my children, there...
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When Good friendships go bad
It’s been my goal to make more Mommy friends. Being a Stay at home Mom can be isolating and friends are a must. I have been reflecting on my past friendships and why I’m no longer friends with certain...
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How to Handle Extended Family Reactions to Your Adoption
Adoption is about families, all sorts of families. Family includes extended family. They may not be involved in the day to day parenting of your adopted child. But, parents/grandparents,...
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Why Adoptive Parents Need to Connect with Others
In my last post, Why Adoptive Parents Need to Slow Down, I stated that one danger in keeping our lives too busy is that it leads to isolation. For whatever reason, Western society has lost sight of...
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Other People Just Don’t Relate
“I know how a birthmother feels,” a man told me once. “My nephew and I were really close, but one day my brother told me he got a new job on the other side of the country and they would be moving. I...
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