If the idea is to promote healing, educate and empower families to restore relationships and make a better future for themselves, then this is the direction we need to be telling the lawmakers to go.
Tag: trauma
I didn’t realize that the hardest moment of the day would actually come after the departure. For my husband and I, this would be life changing loss.
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.
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 ….