Category: Parenting

  • Effort

    I am currently working toward rewiring my brain on how I feel toward one of our children. They have hurt me so bad to where my brain is now trying to save me from anymore hurt from them. I know I can’t continue avoiding them in my life. An effort has to be made… Of…

  • Rewired

    I heard a podcast talking about how we will rewire our brains to protect ourselves. The words they said definitely hit me hard. My mental health recently has been at an all time low in recent months. I have had to put myself first for a time, and even participating in counseling. Our minds are…

  • Numb

    Have you ever had a situation come up in your life that completely drained you? You had given all of your mental capacity to it, to where you feel extremely soul-sucked. Where your mental health was suffering and affecting your physical health as well. I had one of those experiences recently. It has taken me…

  • It’s a Big Deal

    Imagine sitting in the Emergency Room with your child waiting for them to have a mental health assessment. They sit on the hospital bed wrapped in a hospital gown and lots of warmed hospital blankets. They hold their head down so low where their chin is touching their chest. Can’t even look at you in…

  • Prep

    It’s that time of year where many parents are preparing to send children off to college either for the first time or the fifth time. It will be our first time! We as the parents are super excited for this next step of parenthood. It’s another marker in the journey of our life. Our child…

  • Into the Unknown

    We have three weeks until our oldest is off to moving onto campus. For me, I am super excited for them. They will get to experience something my husband and I have never experienced. For the child making the move though… They are terrified! So much anxiety over this. Constant sick-to-my-stomach days. Fear of the…

  • Fearful

    Our oldest will soon be leaving to move on campus for the first time. Needless to say it will be a time of adjustment for us all. Especially for our adopted sibling children… They have been through a lot together and luckily never had to be split from each other. So what will happen? Things…

  • The day we had been waiting for

    Not to long ago we had another adoption anniversary, our first match visit. This day has been hard for me for a few years now. I remember every detail. I remember all the smiles. I remember all the excitement. Who would have thought, six months later it would be over. We left on a Friday…

  • Recovery

    This past week I had to have a surgery to improve my quality of life. But with a surgery comes recovery. All surgery recoveries differ one to another and I will be down six to eight weeks. Hearing that and accepting this has been the hardest thing. I am not the type of person who…

  • Something New

    How hard is it for us as a society to try something new? I believe the older we get the less likely we will try or do new things. We become pretty set in our ways. I got to experience something new this past weekend. We became a new family into another sport. Our youngest…