Growing Intentional Families Together Blog
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Graduation Joys and Worries
June brings to mind Brides, grads and dads. All are well worth celebrating. This week our blog will focus on...
Adult Adoptees Share their Hard-Won Wisdom
I recently read Adoptee Survival Guide by Lynn Grubb. This collection opens a window into the actual experiences of...
Adoptive Family Milestones–Ordinary and Extraordinary
During the last month or so, our family has celebrated several family milestones. My son turned thirty. My husband...
Adopting Joy
Adopted families, like those formed exclusively by birth are fundamentally the same: parents and children love and are...
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...
