RAD Safety: Reactive Attachment Disorder
In the RAD cycles of three-steps-forward—two-steps-back, soon after rock-bottom, something happens. I’m convinced the change is related to RAD safety. Thank You for Keeping me Safe… From Me. It has been a…
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Less Facebook Junk. More of What You Want
I spend too much time with stuff I don’t want to see. I want more content that I care about and less Facebook junk! It’s Like I’m Looking for Needles in…
RAD Good Days: Reactive Attachment Disorder
RAD good days can be as simple as a moment of holdings hands, instigated by a child with no ulterior motive. The Good Days are Exquisite Maybe it’s because RAD good days…
The Firemen!
Click on the picture to view in full and get the story. This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com When…
Photo Captions July 2014
We have turned to our Facebook Friends for help with captions on photos to use for Adoption Awareness. The suggested quotes go in the comment section for the Facebook post and each…
Three Special Kids
This is too good for Facebook! If you can’t see anything below, click here to become a registered user of JohnMSimmons.com! They never hide how they feel. Yesterday was Lagoon (the local amusement park)…
Seven Awesome Life Lessons my son With Down Syndrome Taught me
As Seen in Huffington Post Amy and I had three biological sons when we adopted a one-month-old little boy with Down syndrome and started taking lessons from him. Jack was fragile.…
Jack's Scalp Massage
Everybody Loves a Scalp Massage As you know, Jack loves baseball, football, basketball, or basically anything else with a referee. That being the case, Amy took him to Sports Clips to get…
Your Mother's Day Message From Your Angel Mom, in Heaven
If your mother is already in heaven, if she has already earned her wings, this is her message for you. Amy wrote this for the funeral of our friend, Chris Jenson, as…
A Very Simple Explanation of Reactive Attachment Disorder
Emily was fifteen when she left her Russian orphanage to join our family and her biological younger sisters. (We had adopted them a year-and-a-half earlier.) The Russian social workers informed us that…
A Mistake Adoptive Parents Never Need to Make Again
As Seen on Huffington Post Oh, I talk the talk. I try to walk the walk. When it comes to difficult circumstances, I always try to focus on what is best for…
A Surprisingly Simple way to get rid of Clutter (OK, They’re Treasures, not Clutter)
As Seen in Huffington Post What is the situation at your house? Do you have crates, boxes, baskets, bags and shelves stuffed with school assignments and even projects like clay ashtrays (though…