My Mom (or mum, where I grew up) So I have been thinking a little about my mom lately, she has popped into my mind a few times in the last couple of weeks and each time I think about writing … Continue reading
My mom
Tag Archives: Grief and Loss
My evening as a sitter
Last week I babysat for two wonderful kids, a boy aged 7, and a girl aged 4 (nearly 5 – as she told me all night!). It’s been about 5 years since I babysat kids that age. I arrived at … Continue reading
Celebration of Life
I went to a Celebration of Life this past weekend. My friend’s husband went to sleep one night and did not wake up. He was in his 40’s and she is in her 30’s. Listening to his closest friends and … Continue reading
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
I feel as though I’ve been gone from this blog forever…. I’m sorry for the disappearance… or is that avoidance? My greatest indicator that I’m not feeling myself, or terribly positive, is when I shy away from the truest part … Continue reading
Happy Birthday
Last week I had a birthday… Last week H also had a birthday. Although I had been told not to contact her foster mom any more, I couldn’t let her birthday go without sending something to say I was thinking … Continue reading
Aboriginal Adoption Online Training Course
Adoption Online (AOL) Training Course: This course run by the Indigenous Perspectives Society is one I have recommended again and again to families who are either thinking about adoption or have adopted. And yet, I realised I have never posted … Continue reading
Two becomes…none.
The adoption of H & B has fallen through. Fallen through appears to be the accepted term. What happened…? Last week I had commented in my reply to an email with the foster mom (we’d been in constant two-day email … Continue reading
Adoption foundation = grief and loss
It’s easy to forget that all adoption is built on a foundation of grief and loss. I know that as I head into the next month of pre-placement visits and ultimately the placement of the two little girls that I … Continue reading