A Running Leap of Faith: Trusting God Completely
The Perfect Parent provided so much more and in a tiny fraction of the time to those who live their lives by trusting God completely. God did not... Read More →
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Hard/Helpful Lessons: Parents from Hard Places
The lessons I learned with more dated programs were hard/helpful lessons. They could only bring our family so far. Now I know I can have more and... Read More →
RAD Treatment: Reactive Attachment Disorder
I wanted my basis for RAD treatment to come from “real” scientists who taught only about controlled studies. OK. You Told Me So If you are one of... Read More →
Down Syndrome Honesty: The Bonus Chromosome
I think you would be hard-pressed to find someone with a bonus chromosome who isn’t pleasantly and/or brutally honest. Down syndrome honesty goes... Read More →
RAD Prayers: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Innocent prayers of gratitude for the miracle of bringing our family together were replaced by RAD prayers, begging for mercy, moaned out in... Read More →
Adoption Love: It’s Complicated
If we focus on adoption love, rather than justifying our actions, we will be able to help children to learn how to have successful family lives.... Read More →
RAD Wars: Reactive Attachment Disorder
One of the truths I have learned in studying RAD wars is that we must give up many of our todays in a hope that our children may have some happy... Read More →
Faith Boost: Everything is not Incomprehensible
I didn’t really want a faith boost. I’m greedy when it comes to information. I wanted a reason for what had happened. I wanted to know the... Read More →
RAD Stamina: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Progress with Reactive Attachment Disorder moves at a pre-global-warming glacial pace. But you have RAD stamina. What More Could You Possibly Do?... Read More →
Adoption Identity: The Complex Creation Puzzle
Adoption identity is often influenced by the child’s interpretation of who was at fault for the failure of their first family. The Truth. The... Read More →
RAD Choices. Reactive Attachment Disorder.
I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then. I wish that I had never had to make RAD choices. I Wish That I Never had to Make RAD Choices.... Read More →
I DO Have a Normal Family. So do You.
What my dear old great-aunts viewed as scandals, I realized were the day to day struggles and challenges found in any normal family. Don’t Tell... Read More →
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