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The Accidental Mommy: June 2015
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Commenting, where I beg. Thursday, June 11, 2015. Too Many Good Things. I don't like it when too many good things happen in a row. It makes me feel nervous". Essie the Accidental Mommy. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Everything You Ever Wanted. When someone asks you "how has it been now that you've adopted your son/daughter"? The answer is supposed to be "Its everything I ever wanted", which makes the phrase a great title for Jillian Laurens new book, Everything You Ever Wanted. Must Keep Fac...
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The Accidental Mommy: November 2014
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Commenting, where I beg. Tuesday, November 11, 2014. I've worked with many children who suffered from the "trophy for showing up" trend, and the "criticize the action not the child" movement (prisons are full of people who believe they are disconnected from their actions! For them to have come to me at my former job in the first place meant they had severe problems getting through each day. But as we worked through the issues and would have success, one specific blockade was awfully durable. It bonked he...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: On Contemplating Blindness -- Part I: The Beginning
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Saturday, October 18, 2014. On Contemplating Blindness - Part I: The Beginning. I closed my eyes and looked for the telltale pinprick of light. It wasn't there. I looked at my screen again and tried to find an area of vision that was missing, but I couldn't pick one out. I was busy, so I shrugged it off and went back to work. Headache or searing chest pain? I finished up as quickly as I could, drank a glass of milk, took ...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: May 2015
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Monday, May 25, 2015. Our Town's Memorial Day Race. Yes, my butt is in this photo that was in published on the newspaper's website. Oh yay. It's possible that T is one of the yellow/gold shirts near the top of the hill. This year I decided it was that someday. Apparently I had an A goal that I wasn't aware of. I broke 40 minutes. Thirty-eight and change, but still, nine minutes faster than my last training run....I had...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: November 2014
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Sunday, November 16, 2014. Tofurkey Day Race Training Strategy. When you're training for a triathlon, you don't really have the option to wait for nice weather. Plus if you train in bad weather, you're prepared to race in bad weather. Not that it will be fun, but you know you can do it. As it turned out, I had beautiful conditions for both races. Tri #1: So sunny that the guy on the bench is shading his eyes. Our Adoption...
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The Accidental Mommy: February 2015
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Commenting, where I beg. Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Black Holes and Revelations. On our way to therapy last week, Genea started telling me a lengthy story about Daddy's shirt. It's from Denver, and he got it a long time ago. And when she asked him about it, and he told her, she remembered another question she'd been meaning to ask. Why didn't that other family want me"? Do you remember what we've told you? And so she understood, in her 11 year old Genea way, that it was not going to made sense. I'm...
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The Accidental Mommy: March 2015
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Commenting, where I beg. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. I'm getting older than I used to be. I realized I'm not just. Exhausted and stressed, but that what I see is my actual face. Now Ugh. (If anyone saw my new FB cover pic, rest assured about the only thing still me in that pic is my head). Thanks to Seraphinalina for alerting me that the full video of shopping cart has been released. Woot! Here it is in all its glory Killer Karts. Her name is Bella. Bindi, now Bindi loves the baby. No one knows how that glo...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: February 2015
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Wednesday, February 11, 2015. Trauma Mama Daily Affirmation 17 - Sabotage. They push us away in order to sabotage our relationship before we have the chance to do it to them. Because the person they trusted in their first relationship was the one who sabotaged it. This time they want to be in control of that. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Adopting the Older Child. Thoughts before our trip. Five Years of Zinashi Magic. An in...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: September 2014
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Sunday, September 28, 2014. Why I Love Ithaca. Because it's Gorgeous. I know, groan. This trail never disappoints. The kids had a great time, although Bumblebee was heard to exclaim, "More stairs! I don't want to do any more stairs! Even though she repeatedly had to be stopped from running up them. She would have done the trail three or four times before we wore her out. Me - I got the Cayuga Croissant. It's absolutel...
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Karen's Adoption Journey: January 2014
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Karen's Adoption Journey: My adoption journey with T and other stuff along the way. Tuesday, January 21, 2014. I confess. T has a DS. A 3DS - a DS with a 3D screen. Of course, two months after acquiring the latest and greatest, they came out with the 3DSXL - a larger screen, which he immediately wanted. For those without small children right now, the DS is Nintendo's current hand-held game system. Game Boy on crack. Developmental trauma-affected brains don't handle screen time well. So we limit. At any r...
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