Last month was our 10-year wedding anniversary. Woohoo! Most of our "how to be awesome at marriage" advice is about preparation and conversations to have before getting married. One thing we do work on though is emotional upkeep, something that's important in any marriage but especially when there's pre-marriage trauma and the kind of stress that … Continue reading How to be “Good at Therapy”
We moved out of our last home almost a year ago. I've been thinking about these old front steps a lot lately, the memories of the kids standing here waiting for Daniel to pull into the driveway after work, the social worker parking on the road and walking up to the door with our first … Continue reading On Building Joy
Sitting outside in the rocking chair practicing mindfulness when the almost-4-year-old came out and asked to sit in my lap. Practicing mindfulness can be done anywhere for any length of time, even seconds. Take a deep breath, notice how it feels as you let the air in then out. Notice how the air feels on your skin. Notice any … Continue reading Practicing Mindfulness
Two Babies cases are wrapping up. We will be adopting baby boy next month. 🙂 And baby girl will be going to another adoptive home. We found out at the beginning of June that baby girl wouldn't be able to go home. I had decided early on in her case that if for some reason … Continue reading The final chapter of Two Babies
Last week I had one of those days where it's not one big awful thing but a constant flow of one pretty of difficult thing after another. I spent the entire day counting and recounting how long it was until bedtime for all the kids. I had grand plans that were going to get me … Continue reading Say YES
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