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11 years ago @ One Thankful Mom - Attachment: We Serve, ... · 1 reply · +1 points

I might love this post even better than yesterday's. We serve, we obey, God does the healing. So many people looking in at our family from the outside don't get this.

11 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - White privilege doesn&... · 1 reply · +5 points

You nailed it Scott. Now, how to get people to understand that?

12 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - Davion’s plea fo... · 0 replies · +3 points

There are several places you could start. One is simply contacting your local county office of family services, whatever it's called. Here in Texas it would be Child Protective Services. Another place to get some great information is Focus on the Family's Wait No More program. For all the negative stuff Focus is known for, they have done some incredible work lately in the area of promoting and education people on foster care adoption. http://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/adoptiv...

12 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - Davion’s plea fo... · 0 replies · +6 points

This is an AWESOME question. I'm not sure I can share any DON'Ts, other than the standard things not to say to or ask an adoptive parent which have already been covered here on this blog and elsewhere. But DO find tangible ways to make life easier for these parents. DO bring them a meal. Do not offer to do this, only to have them turn you down, just DO IT. DO offer to cut their lawn. DO offer to take the child to the basketball court or playground for an hour so mom or dad can get a small break. DO celebrate this new addition to the family as though you were celebrating a birth. And if you are the sort that just loves to read, I highly recommend reading the book The Connected Child by Karyn Purvis. It is great for all parents, but it is especially helpful in understanding the *why* behind certain behaviors in kids from hard places...which any foster kid is. Just reading this book can prompt you to such compassion as a friend of one of these braves parents.

14 years ago @ Clark Kent's Lunc... - undefined · 1 reply · +1 points

Some pretty good ones :)
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14 years ago @ http://www.rageagainst... - thoughts about the ide... · 0 replies · +1 points

TThanks for that, I wished I could have made it to idea camp but it wasn't possible. I'm glad to hear you say you don't feel like the Christian adoption movement are reactionary, shallow, do-gooders. I think we may start out that way, but it doesn't take long at all to find yourself waist deep in the hard issues and root causes. My little adoption and orphan care group does seem to be attacking the issues from a lot of angles and I hope that continues.

Really really looking forward to meeting you at Mom 2.0 Summit.

15 years ago @ Clark Kent's Lunc... - Angels and Demons: Par... · 1 reply · +1 points

This was great! Really and truly great :)
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15 years ago @ Ron Edmondson - Friday Discussion: Whe... · 1 reply · +1 points

Unconditionally? That'd be only with my kids. Pretty close with my marriage but no, I don't feel it's unconditional. I feel like I belong in my church small group, in my company, in one of the committees I have served on for years in my industry, in my mom's bunco group. I'm working to feel like I belong in the community of mom bloggers, but that's such a large group and there is always cliquishness in groups that size.

After two years I finally feel like I belong at my church, but it's so big that I think it's hard for people to feel like they belong there. They have to serve in some capacity before they get that sense of belonging.

I have been made to feel I don't belong among a former church ladies group, because I worked outside the home and didn't intend to homeschool. I still get that sense within certain circles online. I do hope that I make others feel like they belong.

15 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Fall Fashion Picks fro... · 1 reply · +1 points

The flower applique skirts (not shown here) KILL me. I must have them. When they go on sale (which they will, end of season). I am lusting after their shoes too but those seem to be proportionally pricier than the clothes, so I can't justify them. But I love them.

15 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Buy Back My Clothes Ex... · 0 replies · +1 points

Oh yeah, I got that part. I was kinda just responding to the other commenter who mentioned buy back stores are an excellent way to make extra income. They actually aren't that easy...generally they are super picky and like I mentioned there aren't many where I am.

Kids clothes, on the other hand, are pretty easy to resell.

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