August 1, 2019
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Okay, we are planning to bring in another teenager. We need to make room. What does that look like for us? How can we prepare so that this is good for everyone? Life is kind of like a big house … Continue reading
May 7, 2019
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When parenting a child or a teenager that comes from a rough background, the mess can seem so big that it is hard to know where to focus your attention and energy. It is a constant moving target as you … Continue reading
August 2, 2018
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October 2017. Training. The building has all the warmth and homeyness of any abandoned church that’s been converted into a youth center. A small dark structure built in the seventies with linoleum flooring laid out over concrete. Inspirational posters on … Continue reading
July 31, 2018
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Jack, My boy. Five years. That’s how long you waited for a family. Ten years. That’s how long we waited for a second child. I remember when you first came to live with us, and you didn’t know that we … Continue reading
June 28, 2018
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June 28, 2018 Okay, I was a complete naive idiot. I am horrified and even a little embarrassed by the confident smugness in some of my earlier posts. We had no idea what we were really doing. Or what we were … Continue reading
May 21, 2018
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May 21, 2018 The more Love comes to me for this boy, the more it does feel the same as the love I have for my birth child. As he becomes less and less someone else’s child and more and … Continue reading
March 27, 2018
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March 27, 2018 The honeymoon period is officially over. We have really really good days still. But we also have really really bad ones. I sob sometimes. Not because I have any regrets. I still am 100% in. I sob … Continue reading