Happy Thanksgiving to all the other Trauma Mamas out there. I hesitate to refer to us with that label, but it states a fact, and firmly believing that labeling items appropriately is the best way to create a plan of action, I stand by that. Repeated exposure to adverse childhood experiences has created trauma in … Continue reading Flipping the Holiday Lid
Category: Birth Children
Happy Day After Mother’s Day to Women Who Mother
Happy Mother’s Day to Women Who Mother. Happy Day After Mother’s Day to my whole community doing the hard job of orphan care. I feel like today is a much better day to address this day than yesterday. Yesterday, I wanted a nap, solitude, and adult beverages. Today, I can see yesterday clearly. I saw … Continue reading Happy Day After Mother’s Day to Women Who Mother
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Two Small Souls
One year ago today, two small, hurting, wandering souls found their way into our living room. To our neighbors, it may seem like this was the day our family grew, and that we had suddenly received that placement call that newly licensed foster parents wait to receive. But that is not the case. More than … Continue reading Two Small Souls
Hardness isn’t the standard by which we judge the rightness of our path.
Married to an adoptee, adoption has always been on the table. One sunny warm afternoon on a business trip to San Diego many years ago, we took a day visit to Tijuana. I was holding my bright blonde three year-old’s hand, and carrying my four month-old in a baby carrier safely against my chest. I … Continue reading Hardness isn’t the standard by which we judge the rightness of our path.
Happy Birthday, Jesus!
Happy Birthday, Jesus - we baked our @riverscrossing birthday cake which our three year old was given as a take home from Sunday school. We told the humble, timeless story of our Savior’s birth to our five kids again, clanking around the ceramic figures in the nativity display on the ottoman, with the air conditioning … Continue reading Happy Birthday, Jesus!