Support For Foster/Adoptive Families
The goal is to assist with “rewiring” the pathways towards social connections and therefore, the ability to form a healthy relationship. I pray that one day my son’s spirit will be restored and he will see with open eyes that I am not the person who hurt him.
I worry about the meltdowns he has. I wonder if he’ll end up on the 5 o’clock news one day. Will love be enough to conquer all?
With the release of the movie “Instant Family,” we (the foster-adoptive community) are getting some important media attention. While I appreciate that, it’s important to remember that the trauma behind leaving one’s first family is deep and painful. It also doesn’t end on adoption day. A child’s writing reveals a lot this holiday season.
Thanksgiving sends my son down a sensory-emotional roller coaster. It begins with the smells. Gravy, cinnamon, doughy rolls… He loves them, but won’t approach the ….
There is a special kind of time called “Mommy Time.” It’s sacred to me. One of the best parts of my Mommy Time is that ….
I recently caught up with a good friend and regaled her with stories of “how things are going” in my adoptive home. Well… first came ….
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Foster Care Advocate and Teen Parenting Expert, Lesia Knudsen, joins Janelle Molony for a coffee date and these ladies get REAL when it comes to the “other mother” in the adoption triad.