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Beyond Filling the Crib: Nurturing AQ* (Adoption-attunement)
To the marrow of our bones, adoptive parents understand what we've called in earlier blogs "our magnificent...
Prevent Suicide–Talk about It
In adoption, great joy and many blessings coexist with grief, sadness, curiosity, regret and other complicated but...
Gardenias: the Sweet Fragrance of Memories
I am fortunate to live where gardenias flourish. Year after year, blossoms erupt in fragrant profusion. Snowy white...
The Open-hearted Way to Open Adoption
Open adoption has moved beyond the experimental stage and become the norm for most contemporary domestic adoptions. It...
Protecting Our Kids from Abuse
We love our kids unconditionally. To us, the absence of a biological link to them does not matter. Our children are...
Roots … Grafted Branches … Weathering the Storms
Friday marks the celebration of Earth Day which puts me in mind of nature and the cycle of life. Seeds. Roots. Growth....
Oops! There Goes My Carefully Laid Plan
For most of us the carefully wrought, precarious balance of our family systems depends on everything operating as...
Detoxing Language: Becoming Conscious of the Power of Words
All families have differences. We are after all, not clones but individuals. Adoptive families are even more likely to...
Smoke and Mirrors–Fun or Foul Play?
Did you know that March 29 is National Smoke and Mirrors Day? Smoke and mirrors is a familiar expression to describe...
Advantages at the Starting Line
Subscribers to this blog know that I recently became a grandmother. My husband and I are fortunate to spend...
