MAKING OUR FAMILY

 It has been just 3 weeks since Sweetie came home from PRTF and it  is 100% obvious that she is not ready. I feel as if we have been ...

        This Friday Sweetie is being discharged from PRTF and will be coming home. There is part of me that is so happy and there...

 Like I have anticipated Sweetie's authorization is expiring at the 6 month mark. Sweetie is doing remarkably better, but she is...

The last month has flown by. Filled with high highs and low lows. Pretty much like the rest of the last 2 years. It started with a beauti...

Trauma work is hard work. For kids like my Sweetie, there are years and years of neglect and trauma that has built up huge walls. This vi...

The last few weeks have been rough with Sweetie. Lots of pushing and lots of blow ups. She has been very hurtful and deliberate in her...

When I started thinking of being an adoptive mom I had no idea that I would become a warrior. When one thinks of a mother they usually ...

  One little word that will impact a whole year. This year instead of making resolutions I know I won't keep, I have joined some of...

I thought I knew what unconditional love was. But now I know my idea of it was not even close to what it truly is. After having one of s...

I know it has been a few weeks since I last posted. There has been a lot going on. The last 2 weeks have been very busy and also very tou...