Finding Faith: Why Does God Care?
Finding faith, for me, never comes easy. Maybe it’s true… things are always in the last place you look. While I was raised in an... Read More →
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Children Available for Adoption: Behind Magic Doors
There are children available for adoption. They probably aren’t where you’re looking, unless you happen to be looking behind magic... Read More →
The n Word: He Might Have Lambasted her. Instead, he Welcomed her to America
I was exhausted as we landed in New York. It had been almost a month long trip to Russia, dealing with Soviet style bureaucracy, when we finally... Read More →
Mercy or Justice? A Story of Orphans: You be the Judge
To me, it wasn’t initially a question of mercy or justice. It was just what should have been done. I was shocked when the judge said that... Read More →
Reactive Attachment Disorder, Punishment Escalations Would Never Work
Raising Emily was so much different. The whole game changed. Even though one of our other children had RAD, until Emily came home, we never... Read More →
Adopted Children Feel Secure Loving More, Not Less
It has been said that love is the answer no matter the question. Right or wrong, I can tell you this: In our family, adopted children feel secure... Read More →
On Memorial Day I Remember Veterans and Happy Birthdays
Today, the Friday before Memorial Day, happens to be my daughter, Annie’s birthday. Though it may seem strange to you, I associate those two... Read More →
Second Choice Doesn’t Mean Second Best
Recently I was digitally reprimanded by someone hiding behind a fake name and profile picture. (Yawn.) The troll found Read More →
Reactive Attachment Disorder Therapy: Five Signs That Your Child has the Wrong Therapist
You-are-not-crazy. You weren’t crazy before you brought this child into your home. In fact, before you did that no one ever thought you... Read More →
Better off Without International Adoption? Not Hardly.
Of course there are days when I am ashamed of some of the people on my side of the inter-country adoption fence. Some of the black eyes the... Read More →
When Mothers’ Day is Hard for Children
My adopted daughters struggle with all of the conflicting feelings that come with a Mothers’ Day fraught with memories of a birth mother who... Read More →
Reactive Attachment Disorder Diagnosis for Your Child
Reactive Attachment Disorder diagnosis isn’t like Down syndrome or Muscular Dystrophy in that the condition (as others that are mental rather... Read More →
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