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4 Insights into Single Parenting: I Miss Being Married 11 Jul 2013 | 10:59 pm
I have asked my friend Lynn Ellis to write a guest blog this week on Singleness and how it looks in parenting. Her story of widowhood is heartbreaking and as she journeys along (for now!) without a sp...
Parents: Stressed Out? 20 Apr 2013 | 01:05 am
Hi all - 5 Tools for Transforming Stressed out Parents Webinar How are you? I am checking in to tell you about a great webinar just for us parents. Next Wednesday April 24 at 10am you can join Marcy...
You Are So Smart – What Not to Say to Your Kids! 14 Mar 2013 | 07:29 pm
This article below was posted on my Facebook this morning and it hit right at home with me. I have felt that there was just something off about telling my kids they were smart. My #3 is brilliant and ...
Respite Care for Adopted Children 18 Jan 2013 | 04:04 am
Continuing on the Adoption: Let’s Be Honest series, I wanted to talk about respite care for adopted children. This is a hard subject for some mostly because it feels like defeat when we need to ask fo...
Happy New Year! 8 Jan 2013 | 02:58 am
Hi all - It is 2013! And a Happy New Year to you, amazing parents! Wow – I remember as a teenie bopper never thinking we would see 2000, let alone 2013! Now here it is and off we go full steam ahead ...
Open Adoption or Closed Adoption 14 Dec 2012 | 06:01 am
Hi All - When my man and I were first discussing adopting, we had one huge decision to make. Drumroll please…do we have an open adoption or closed adoption? In our series Adoption: Let’s Be Honest, t...
Therapeutic Parenting Techniques 12 Dec 2012 | 05:41 am
Next up in the Adoption: Let’s Be Honest series is therapeutic parenting techniques. Sounds like some hocus pocus language, right? That is what I thought too! I was so confused about why my parenting ...
Therapy for Adopted Children 5 Dec 2012 | 06:17 am
Next up in the Adoption: Let’s Be Honest series is therapy for adopted children. This is a very real and not much talked about part of an adoptive family’s life. And vital in factoring in on the decis...
Thanksgiving – or Is It? 22 Nov 2012 | 03:41 am
Hi All! Today I was musing over this upcoming holiday (and wondering how I am going to get everything cooked in my one oven!). It seems to be an interesting holiday. You see, are we really thankful f...
Emotional Issues After Adoption 15 Nov 2012 | 09:22 pm
In my series of Adoption: Let’s Be Honest, I want to address the emotional issues after adoption. There are many and they, of course, vary by child and family. But there are some commonalities that ca...
