Reflections and diatribes is real time exploration of the twists and turns of parenting in adoption and/or foster care. The author is an adoption professional, an adoptee and adoptive parent.
The goal is to explore and inspire commitment and support adopted people and placements.
Sun
May
19
Some will find little joy in the Happy Mother’s Day proclamation.
The weight of a less than picture perfect motherhood too much for celebration.
Some will feel less than with no pregnancy to recall or infancy to reminisce.
The sting of lost will push…
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Fri
May
10
In this small way I say thank you to all those that sheltered me from the storm and walk with me even when I don’t know where I am going.
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Fri
May
3
Thinking about adoption/foster care? Get your head examined please. Too many dive into the lives of children and young people without an ounce of self awareness.
Stumbling through the process drunk on some self indulgent fantasy. It’s not them it’s you!…
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Mon
Mar
11
Note to self:Fear/doubt are no longer welcome here. Behold the path to wholeness beginning & ending with what I do from now on. #being whole
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Thu
Feb
7
Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.
— Mother Teresa
Note to prospective adoptive parents: Parenting is about adults providing…
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Sun
Feb
3
Are you ready for some FOOTBALL!!!! Meet me at the half @www.am1240wgbb.com Supa Mom Brenda McCreight opens her parenting playbook.
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Sun
Jan
20
Getting older I recognize that withholding forgiveness from the universe only serves to hinder my evolution. I appreciate through the fullness of time and the gift of hindsight that in the end i must let go of any sense of injury that I wear like cheap…
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Fri
Jan
18
Passion fuels it- love sustains it- time tests it – practice perfects it. Grown ups do it with their eyes open. Salvation=a loving parent.
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Thu
Jan
17
Three hots and a cot.
The secret of successful parenting is not measured by the trajectory of your child’s work life. Wanting the best for our children’s future means giving the best of ourselves now. Our success as parents will be measured by our…
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