What happens when you take a recovering people-pleaser and chronic approval addict and take away the majority of the people from her life? She gets a wide open space, suitable for both flailing and dreaming with nobody watching. And it turns out, some things actually …
Between my lackluster performance as a homeschool mom distance learning aid, and my recent inability to operate a calendar, I’ve been a bit behind on our foster adoption updates! When social distancing first began in March, we were just two classes away from finishing our …
You guys…. (Sorry. I totally just lost my train of thought. Nope- that’s not even true. My train of thought derailed about two weeks ago, and is probably stuck in a ditch or river somewhere. I looked up images for derailed trains; it’s not pretty.) …
I’m notorious for selectively eating things. Before I had diabetes, I would pick out the cookie dough chunks from the cookie dough ice cream (and I would try to smooth the gaping holes over as though my family were idiotic enough to believe that Breyer’s …
I shuffled into a line at my daughter’s school behind other parents, each concealing our emotions over the coronavirus with varying degrees of success. One woman barely made eye contact while murmuring, “I can’t believe this is happening.” Some were quiet; others, like myself, were …
Good Monday morning everyone! I have limited time to write to you, as I’ll soon have to pick my boys up from school for a physical, where I need to have them fill out extra adoption paperwork for each of my kids. We also need …
I just watched the new Taylor Swift documentary “Miss Americana” on Netflix. Though my life is so far removed from Taylor’s I found myself choked up by the parts of her journey that overlap my own. She talks about the need to please people- the …
My husband and I are in the process of becoming licensed to foster/adopt through DCF a second time. I promised at the beginning of my journey that I’d give you updates in real time, so you can be part of this process with me. This …
Recently I entered a contest where I had to create a holiday greeting of gratitude using Canva‘s graphic-design tools. I don’t usually sign up for contests like this, but the prize was pretty amazing: two plane tickets to virtually anywhere. (And I figured even if …
Happy New Year! I promised you all adoption updates in real time, and I admit I’m slacking slightly. We had our foster orientation in December and our first official class last night. Aside from getting in a three-car-fender-bender on the way home from orientation (neither …