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These words are from my own personal account of the past 10 years. The other members of my family mentioned here have their own perspective, however, this is MY adoption story. Continued… I learned right away that our children we adopted didn’t really want or need me to mother them. It started with the oldest…
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I’ve never really been the mom to plan a big or even small, summer vacation. When I was a little girl, my single father, took me to a small resort on Bull Shoals Lake on the border of Missouri and Arkansas. He saved all year. He wanted to take his little girl fishing and show…
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Anyone else super stressed right now? Between Friday the 13th, full moon, the last Friday before spring break, the Covid-19 virus, parent/teacher conferences coming up, cancelled field trips, and the toilet paper crisis, it’s a wonder any of us are sane. I’m trying to keep it all from affecting my attitude, but as I sit…
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As a mom, when our kids get to the point where they can go off and live on their own; we start to worry. Maybe worry isn’t the right word…we wonder and question: will they be okay? Will they make it? What if they’re hungry? What if they can’t pay rent? Hold up. Isn’t that…
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Remember when I said that I’m having a hard time right now… call it the winter blues, call it life, whatever, it just sucks. Hence needing a reset? Which is why I have really been taking a long hard look at myself to figure out what I can do to get myself back on the…
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It’s that crazy time of year again. The time of year where I wrap up another school year-number seven to be exact. The time of year for Mother’s Day. The time of year where I remember my mom’s diagnosis of lung cancer. The time of year for her birthday. Happy Birthday, Mom. You would be…
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I have spent 10 years obsessing over having a baby. I went to endocrinologists and completed test after test all to show that everything seemed pretty normal. Well, except for that little thing called endometriosis. However, for a lot of women that doesn’t mean infertility. Except, it does for me. Joe and I felt called…
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I went to Paris with my mom last night. I know what you’re thinking, “Paris? On a school night?” I agree it’s crazy! But it happened. It is a brisk morning with a warm sun. The waffles in the courtyard steam on the end of my fork. My mom, sips on her black coffee, watching…
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I still miss my mom. At 3:15 pm, on August 9th, 2011, my mom took her last breath. I probably should have a better way to cope with this day, which trust me, I am doing great compared to the first few years. But I hate that this day looms over me. We celebrate her…
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Does anybody remember October? I don’t. I was excited and got pumpkins out near the first of October and then, boom it was Halloween. But everything in between is gone. Oh and November? That was a blur. I had a birthday somewhere in there and ate some good food with family on Thanksgiving but that’s…
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