I was traveling with a group of women to Mazatlan and we were visiting an all girl’s children’s home. The staff asked if I would sit and talk to the girls while the adults went on a tour. “Give them…
I was traveling with a group of women to Mazatlan and we were visiting an all girl’s children’s home. The staff asked if I would sit and talk to the girls while the adults went on a tour. “Give them…
I was so over the fighting. I had been wrestling with one of my foster daughters over the subject of appropriate clothing choices. “Go back into your room and change out of that mini- skirt,” I told her. “You can’t…
Ever felt daunted by the sheer needs of the children in whatever room you are standing in? Ever lost patience with a difficult child, meanwhile chiding yourself knowing he has suffered at home so much? Ever needed to explain to…
Todd and I adopted a twelve-year-old boy from Monterrey, Mexico, into our forever family this summer, and we've spent the last 100 days or so, introducing him to family life. We entered the courtroom as two pre-adoptive parents and one…