When my daughter was younger I was anxious. I didn't have full-blown anxiety attacks, as some do. I had an almost constant anxiety motoring within me. … [Read more...]
Trusting More than Trauma
March 26, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
Sat at my desk yesterday and was thinking, "I have to get back to work." I was having so much fun reading articles I love, emailing back and forth … [Read more...]
He Met Me Warm
February 25, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
I forgot you were my best friend. I forgot I could say, "I'm tired, stressed and overwhelmed." On the walk to your door I was building up a wall, … [Read more...]
Hope & Healing EVENT: March 16th, 2017
February 25, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
Come on by if you are in the area! It will be my first time on the island and I'm excited (and a wee bit nervous). Hope & Healing Coping with … [Read more...]
Adoption Lifebooks, Beth O’Malley & Other Stuff Not Shown in This Is Us
February 24, 2017 · by · 2 Comments
This Is Us. It's one of my favorite new shows. I love it for many reasons. One is because it has a main character who is an adoptee in the middle of a … [Read more...]
Mothering at the Edge of Change
February 8, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
I sit the edge of my bed folding socks and memories. A middle-aged mother. I am in so many kinds of transition. Some mornings, I hear her feet soft … [Read more...]
Putting resilience and resilience surveys under the microscope
February 7, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
“Resilience is a message of hope,” says Debbie Alleyne, a child welfare specialist at the Center for Resilient Children at Devereux Advanced … [Read more...]
Unmasking the Wounded Healer; Clarissa Pinkola Estes
February 4, 2017 · by · 2 Comments
Some inspiration from art and words found on You Tube today. https://youtu.be/gpaXFzLHUI0 … [Read more...]
Don’t Tell Us Marching Doesn’t Matter
January 24, 2017 · by · 2 Comments
As we arrived at the Common Beth remembered summers when we stripped the girls down to diapers at the Frog Pond. I thought of the bouncy ground at … [Read more...]
The Silenced Child by Claudia Gold, MD – GEMS for Parents
January 13, 2017 · by · Leave a Comment
After two moves in six months I am starting to read again. With vigor and passion and enthusiasm. Last night, I took about five books with me while I … [Read more...]
