A Running Leap of Faith: Trusting God Completely
The Perfect Parent provided so much more and in a tiny fraction of the time to those who live their lives by trusting God completely. God did not Leave Them as Orphans…
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Hard/Helpful Lessons: Parents from Hard Places
The lessons I learned with more dated programs were hard/helpful lessons. They could only bring our family so far. Now I know I can have more and I want it! I am…
RAD Treatment: Reactive Attachment Disorder
I wanted my basis for RAD treatment to come from “real” scientists who taught only about controlled studies. OK. You Told Me So If you are one of the core participants on…
Down Syndrome Honesty: The Bonus Chromosome
I think you would be hard-pressed to find someone with a bonus chromosome who isn’t pleasantly and/or brutally honest. Down syndrome honesty goes both ways. To Any Girl Who Just Wants a…
RAD Prayers: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Innocent prayers of gratitude for the miracle of bringing our family together were replaced by RAD prayers, begging for mercy, moaned out in bitter desperation. Sometimes I Don’t Want to Pray I…
Adoption Love: It’s Complicated
If we focus on adoption love, rather than justifying our actions, we will be able to help children to learn how to have successful family lives. So when is Love the Enemy?…
RAD Wars: Reactive Attachment Disorder
One of the truths I have learned in studying RAD wars is that we must give up many of our todays in a hope that our children may have some happy tomorrows.…
Faith Boost: Everything is not Incomprehensible
I didn’t really want a faith boost. I’m greedy when it comes to information. I wanted a reason for what had happened. I wanted to know the purpose. I Don’t Want…
RAD Stamina: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Progress with Reactive Attachment Disorder moves at a pre-global-warming glacial pace. But you have RAD stamina. What More Could You Possibly Do? You have been firm. You have been kind. You have…
Adoption Identity: The Complex Creation Puzzle
Adoption identity is often influenced by the child’s interpretation of who was at fault for the failure of their first family. The Truth. The Whole Truth. And Nothing but the Truth. Think…
RAD Choices. Reactive Attachment Disorder.
I wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then. I wish that I had never had to make RAD choices. I Wish That I Never had to Make RAD Choices.…
I DO Have a Normal Family. So do You.
What my dear old great-aunts viewed as scandals, I realized were the day to day struggles and challenges found in any normal family. Don’t Tell ME my Family Isn’t Normal! Oh, sure.…