Trigger Warning: Death/Suicide If you follow me, you know that we recently lost our son to suicide and are now facing the challenges of coping with suicide. You can read about it here. Now What Do We Do As you could imagine, when we were faced with making funeral arrangements for our son, we had … Continue reading Life After Loss: Coping With Suicide
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I Used To Be More Sensitive To Questions
Emily had this post ready to go, when her family experienced an unimaginable tragedy. While they are working through things, I'm helping to keep the blog's momentum going and publishing on her behalf. This is one of the many heartfelt stories about her family and children you'll find on this blog. Emily will be back … Continue reading I Used To Be More Sensitive To Questions
Foster Care Adoption: Getting Matched With A Child
Foster care adoption taught me many things, including how to advocate for myself. I wanted to be a mom and I wasn’t going to let beaurocratic red tape stop me. Not for long, anyway! So in this post, I’m gonna talk about what you can do to help control your fate while trying to adopt. … Continue reading Foster Care Adoption: Getting Matched With A Child
How Do I Adopt From Foster Care?
How do you go about adopting from foster care? What are the steps involved? I have tried to summarize the process for you! (Disclaimer! I haven't researched each state or any other countries so don’t go arguing with anyone official based on what I say, haha, but this will give you a general idea of … Continue reading How Do I Adopt From Foster Care?
I’m Not The Biological Mom And That’s Ok
I used to get so upset when people would prefer to my foster care adopted kids' biological mother as their mom; as evidenced by the many adoption blog and facebook posts, over the years. But, as time moved on, it has bothered me less and less. This is probably partly because it happens less since … Continue reading I’m Not The Biological Mom And That’s Ok
I Hate Waking My Son Up
My 13 year old epitomizes the term "heavy sleeper." The worst part of my day has always been any time that I have to wake him up. Homeschool definitely makes that part easier because I can try to let him wake up naturally. Not always, though, because he has been known to sleep all day. … Continue reading I Hate Waking My Son Up
When Kids Take Care Of You
Sometimes, my kids surprise me. Well, not surprise, just impress. I already knew that William had a sensitive soul and that Lizzie has a huge heart but no idea how to express her emotions. (Because she doesn't like to admit that she has them.) Me, on the other hand, I'm a big ball of emotion. … Continue reading When Kids Take Care Of You
Teenagers And Texts
My teenage son and I have had a difficult time. It's hard to navigate the teen years and the challenges of post-adoption life. There were times that I wanted to give up on our relationship, but, I knew I couldn't. But now our relationship is shockingly good. He has gone from a boy who didn't … Continue reading Teenagers And Texts
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