Tag: trauma
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Some days I think of my title as an adoptive mom as a ‘position’. Yep, you heard the word. How could I you even think that you are carrying a position even after you have adopted the children? Well, when you hear the things I have heard from my adopted children then you would understand.…
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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…
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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…
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Mother’s Day, so what!
Growing up I was so looking forward to celebrating Mother’s Day as a Mom. I had so many exceptations of what this day would look like. Breakfast in bed. Kids running and jumping on my bed giving me hugs and kisses. Just love and adoration. The reality of this day is nothing like I dreamed.…
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Resentment
Resentment is like a cancer! The majority of us know how cancer goes. It’s a disease that starts out microscopically, as a single-mutated cell. Then the cells begin dividing and multiplying. It grows steadily. Until it consumes a body leading to death. I believe resentment to be very similar. Let me try to explain it…
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The war against trauma
Why will one go back to what they are used to living in? Why choose sadness? Why choose uncertainty? Why choose pain? Why choose lies? Why choose death? Why choose alienating yourself? Why choose loneliness? Why choose restlessness? Why choose anger? Why choose unforgiveness? Why choose isolation? Why choose avoidance? Why choose unsafe places? Why…
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