Off the grid…! From Tuesday 3 December until Thursday 12 December I will be off the technological communication grid! There will be no tweets, no likes, no posts, no blasts, no emails, no texts, no phone calls. It’s my birthday … Continue reading
It’s been a whirlwind week and I apologize for the lack of posts on the usual topic of impending adoption and parenthood.
However, if you will humour me – I have spent an inordinate amount of time this week thinking about the topic of my heading.
Gaining Citizenship last week was an incredible feat for me. It is the first thing in my entire life that I’ve really wanted to achieve and followed through on the achieving of it – even though it took a long time.
It’s the first time I have ever set out with the hope of achieving something, kept my faith that I would achieve it, allowed people and situations to come into my life to help me achieve it, leapt forward with blind faith (sometimes pure arrogance) toward the goal even when the end was not in sight, filled in every form, took passport photo after passport photo as per the requirements, and showed extreme patience waiting for the end result.
And it paid off.
Here is a bit of a timeline on my Citizenship journey for interest: Continue reading
Today I became an official Canadian Citizen!!! I say official, because in my heart I’ve been Canadian since I first set foot on Canadian soil in 2003. It took 10 years to take the oath, and today is one of … Continue reading
Expectant Mother – Adoption Journey Series… The Second Home Study Full-disclosure. Rape, Alcohol, Pot, Sexual History, Relationships… The second home study came a few weeks after the first, and I felt a little less nerve-wracked than the first time… but … Continue reading
Expectant Mother – Adoption Journey Series… A Clean Slate I feel as though I’m seeing the world through new eyes, I’m noticing things around me that I never noticed before from the perspective of a parent, I’m delving into myself … Continue reading
Happy Halloween!!! Hope you all had an OOky, spOOky night last week for Halloween! Halloween is one of the many “holidays” that I look forward to spending with my children. (“” for is it really a holiday when we all … Continue reading
Like many expectant mothers, I am analyzing everything I do now, everything I believe now, I’m imagining future scenarios and future conversations with my children at various stages of their life – and at various ages.
I’m wondering if I am truly equipped to be a mom.
Am I ready enough? Sane enough? Stable enough?
Good questions right!?
And the big one:
(That’s the one that always gets me) Continue reading
I was talking with some friends the other night, and one of the guys was asking me about the process of adoption.
While we were talking we got onto the subject of children that hadn’t been cuddled as they were growing up, who didn’t know affection or love from their parents.
The guy scoffed and said, “My parents didn’t hug me when I was a child, and I turned out OK. What about you?…” directing his question to the rest of the people at the table.
The whole table erupted at once. Continue reading