depression, any kind really, but specifically Post Adoption Depression (PAD) or Post Adoption Blues (PAD as it is sometimes called, is that it doesn’t make sense. You have worked hard to bring this child home, you have waited many months, sometimes years, spent lots of money and you have chosen this child and when he/she [...]
Archive for January, 2008
The Thing About…..
Posted in Adoption, Blogging, Christian Living, Faith, God, Life, Mothering, PAD, The Boys, Writing, marriage on January 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Relapse???
Posted in Adoption, Christian Living, Faith, God, Mothering, PAD on January 23, 2008 | 10 Comments »
SO I sit here….. discouraged again…….. feeling bad that I am discouraged again….. wishing I wasn’t discouraged again. While my whole heart wants to be in this moment in a good place and while I am trying to “just do it” or to “act” the love that I am not feeling, it doesn’t change the [...]
Moving On
Posted in Adoption, Blogging, Christian Living, Ethiopia, Faith, God on January 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It is amazing what verbalizing or writing your feelings does to give you perspective, especially when you are feeling lost or confused. Blogging has been that for me through this move to Utah, the adoption process and now as we dig into learning how to be parents to a child we don’t know. Writing my [...]
2 Small Steps
Posted in Adoption, Baby E, Christian Living, Faith, God, Mothering, The Boys on January 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Click on pic to go to flickr for more pics in this set.
I think one of the hardest things between Eyob and I is that he is very needy and I don’t do needy very well. Sloan was and is very independent and likes to be the big boy and always has. Don’t get me [...]
First Day In Ethiopia- Meeting Eyob
Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Trip, God, Pictures on January 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Again, click on the pic, find the slide show, click on that, and then click on the first picture to see my comments.
When Almaz arrived I was surprised at how little and young she was. She immediately set us all at easy, gave us a little of what to expect and we set off on [...]
The Union Hotel
Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia Trip on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Click on the picture to go to flickr. Find the slide show with this picture on it and click. Then click on the picture as the slide show begins to see my notes on each pic.
This is the hotel that Brandon and I stayed at while in ET. It far exceeded my expectations on what [...]
On Our Way….
Posted in Adoption, Ethiopia, Ethiopia Trip on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Click on the pic to go to flickr and then find the slide show to the lower right of the picture. If you click on that you can see all the pictures in this group. When the first picture comes up click on the middle of the picture and my notes about each picture will [...]
We made it!!!
Posted in Family Life, God, Life, Mothering on January 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Well, we made it through our first official week alone… and I have to say we did pretty darn good. I think so much of my “trouble” at the beginning of the week was just my fear that I wouldn’t have what it takes to “deal” with three little boys and honestly I think that [...]
More than Surviving
Posted in 1 on January 7, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Today is Brandon’s “official” day back to work and even though he is only upstairs in our bedroom working, he is a long way from us. He has made it very clear that although he may be working at home he is still working.
For me this day arrived with a TON of fear and anxiety [...]
Progress
Posted in Adoption, Baby E, Ethiopia, Life, Mothering, Pictures on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As usual…. click on the picture to be taken to flickr where you can few more.
Thank you to all who have commented so far on yesterdays post. I spent most of last night having this internal conversation about whether I should have posted or not. I kept wondering if I said to much or was [...]
