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#MicroblogMondays: Too Long; Didn’t Read
Today I finally googled tl;dr because despite being an unapologetic social media addict, I did not know what it meant (and I see it everywhere). Too long; didn’t read. I’m not sure that I support that...
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#MicroblogMondays: Irreverence Edition
[Trigger warning for paragraph 3] I was first called a cynic at age 12 — by my teacher. I remember because it made a big impression; it didn’t fit with how I saw myself. I just like to make fun of...
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#MicroblogMondays: Processing
“Mommy, you are my birth mommy?” “No, honey. You grew in your birth mommy’s tummy in Congo. Daddy and I adopted you.” The next day: “Mommy, you are my birth mommy?” The questions don’t signify...
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At least the hike was nice
When my parents were visiting a few weeks ago, we all crammed into the car and drove to a nearby town for lunch, to be followed by a family hike. Lunch ended predictably, with Miss E screaming about...
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Being up to the task
There’s a phrase we learned in our adoption education: “children from the hard places.” (That phrase comes with a southern twang to match the person speaking in the videos we had to watch.) “Hard...
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MicroblogMondays: Cultural Sensitivity Edition
Dear Disney: I’m writing this on the plane ride home from a memorable, magical weekend. I ran the Enchanted 10k and was impressed with how masterfully the race was pulled off – from the packet pick-up...
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Pragmatism
I’ve always wanted a second kid. We looked into starting a second adoption the moment Miss E came home. Being pragmatic, we waited. We started that second adoption a year later, but then saw signs that...
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Denied
Imagine being adopted at age 3 and taken to another country. Surviving abusive adoptive parents. Being placed for adoption again. Being separated from your sister. Being adopted by another set of...
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Trauma
Tonight I want to write a post about how I’m feeling rather confident that I’m experiencing secondary trauma, but I can’t because I don’t think it’s appropriate to vent here about the struggles of...
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#FliptheScript
What with being so distracted about electionpocalypse 2016, it’s Day 17 of my 30 day blogging challenge already and I haven’t written yet about National Adoption Month. National Adoption Month was...
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