From the monthly archives:

February 2012

In Support Of

February 27, 2012

Support. Who needs it? Well, everyone can use some from time to time.
Whether online or face-to-face, support, in the form of support groups, provides an environment in which all members of the adoption “constellation”—birth parents, adoptees (teens and adults), foster parents and pre- and post-adoptive parents can find encouragement and share experiences with others who [...]

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“Perfect” versus “Good Enough”

February 23, 2012

Parenting is considered to be one of the most wonderful albeit hardest “jobs” we adults will ever have. You welcome a child into your family and perhaps you don’t delve deeply into just how much things might change—elevating expectations as you adjust to being together, developing and adhering to schedules, rules and boundaries that work [...]

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Unconditionally

February 14, 2012

We use the word or a form of it often to qualify the concept of love, specifically how we expect to or do feel about our children. Unconditionally—without limitations, absolute.
We use “unconditionally” to express “pure” love, of that between members of our family, those who we are profoundly committed to, no matter what. Loving unconditionally comes from [...]

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