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Adoption and Gratitude
My children are now adults –twenty-eight and thirty years old. (Of course, in my heart, they will always be my...
Mothering: What I Learned About Open Adoption By Writing a Book on Open Adoption
Lori Holden: Reader questions about open adoption relationships: What did you learn about Adoption? During a...
Mother Love Is So Much More Than A Single Day
Since September, I have had the privilege to be in relationship with my thirty-year–old son's birth mother. (Earlier...
Kids, Social Cues and Personal Boundaries: Learning to Speak the Language of Interaction
In last week's blog we explored the Mirroring and Belonging level of the Relationship Pyramid and discussed how...
Mirroring and Belonging: Building an Emotional Vocabulary
When we introduced the relationship pyramid and discussed how safety and security provide the foundation on which...
Nurturing the Seeds of Attunement
Winter still holds much of the country in its chilly grip. Easter/Passover have come and gone. Spring is on the...
How Star Trek: The Next Generation Helped Me Navigate Open Adoption
For most of my life, through school and college and dating and infertility treatments, I was mostly guided by...
20 Life-Transforming Choices Adoptees Need to Make
Sherrie Eldridge is an award-winning author of seven books, including the best-selling Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish...
Attuning to Family Harmony
Years ago, before I had ever heard the word "attunement" associated with adoptive parenting, a therapist told me,...
“Love Languages,” Adoption, and the Anger Connection
In our recent blog post we discussed The 5 Love Languages of Children, by Chapman & Campbell and learned the...
