Tales From Our House

Mom guilt, we are all familiar with the pressure's we take on from what society says makes a, "good mom." I have several ...

I have been mulling this post around in my mind for months trying to find the words to explain my struggle without making my children lo...

Trauma. What comes to mind when you hear that word? In the world of adoption, we automatically tend to think separation from birth paren...

The past months have been one wild roller coaster ride. I thought I knew about Lyme after all we went through with Kiana during the last tw...

Someone shared this with our support group and I fell in love with it. I thought it perfectly sums up what it is like to parent childr...

Why do trauma parents burn out? Is it because our children have a history of trauma and tend to  Save Their Worst Behavior For Their Parent...

Parenting is hard work. Looking after all the little details can make even the staunchest brain fizzle and sputter. When you add menta...

The first months and years of a child's life are critical for building the foundations on which they which they will construct relat...

As an adoptive mom I have often been asked how old our children were when they came to us. When people hear that most of them were 6 mo...

If you are an adoptive parent, chances are you have either been told to your face or had it not so subtly implied that, "Adopted chi...

Last night we went to get our passports, something we have talked about doing for a long time but kept pushing off. As Dean and I sat ...

"Welcome to our family Kiana Faith! Her adoption is over and she is ours!!! Thank you Jesus! All that work and time only to have the...

Can anyone hear the cry of adoptive families? Adoption is beautiful, it is a blessing, it creates new family's, it brings j...