This Thanksgiving we visited my sister-in-law’s house–a place we had not been to before. I am happy to report that my children did very well there. Gabriel had one minor meltdown while we were packing up to leave but nothing that anyone but me really noticed. I was so appreciative that we were able to [...]
It’s true, my daughter has a relatively unknown past. It is also true that she has learning disabilities. In spite of this, I still go through these moments of beating myself up about the fact that her progress is excruciatingly slow. In addition to this, I know she is incredibly smart. She catches onto things [...]
When she walked into the room with her case worker she looked angry. I wondered how a two year old child could look so– well, jaded. Her curly hair hung in ringlets framing her face and two large blue eyes darted from one corner of the room to the other. Suddenly, she took off running [...]
Yesterday, I talked about saying no to commitments to avoid stress. Ironically, I see Christian families devoting hours and hours a week to program activities at church while their kids see less and less of them. This is a major contributor to the kind of pain that drives drug abuse and alcohol consumption in kids [...]
Today, my little girl turns ten. I’ve only had five years with her and feel like I have been cheated in many ways. When she came to us she was scared, violent and very sad to have left the foster home she had believed would be her forever home. We have come a long way [...]