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The Life of a Trauma Mama

I am not the Mommy I always wanted to be. My children are not “the reason I breathe” or the “light of my life”. I am not the fabulous career woman I was and wanted to continue to be. Now I am a Trauma Mama. I don’t look great. Most days I don’t even look […]

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Adoption
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My Life by: Spy KAM

Hey all! Kai wanted to take a chance at writing! He wanted to tell his life story. This has taken him a very long time to put together and I kept as much of it to his grammatical creations as I could handle. These are his words alone and he is very proud of his […]

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Parenting

Artist MM

This is Malik’s very First Blog entry. He is very excited to share his story with you all. Please leave him a comment to show your support! My name is Malik but I like being called “Artist MM”. When I was little I got hurt then I went to Devereux. When I was there I […]

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Adoption
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RAD

Living a RAD life

Do you know what it’s like to jump every time the phone rings; always in constant fear of what happens next?  Or to jump when you hear sirens and pray this time they aren’t coming to your home?  Have you ever feared falling asleep in your own home; feared your child could be the cause […]

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Adoption
Parenting

Behind The Scenes of Adoption

So many people ask how we went from “Just Us” to a family of four, so here it is! If you read The Story of Us Pt. 1 you’ve already got the beginning of this story so I will start from where we left off there. . . When you have decided you’d like to […]

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Adoption
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RAD

This Ain’t Your Momma’s Discipline aka Parenting in a RAD World

What is RAD? I cannot even recall a time when this term was not such a huge part of my life. RAD or Reactive Attachment Disorder has changed my life so much more than I knew it could. The first time I heard the term was so many years ago in training for case management. It […]

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Parenting
RAD

When a RAD Miracle Occurs

Today my son came home from jail. My little boy, all 75 pounds of him, just wanted his mommies to snuggle him. He had special time with Mom when they got home from the jail and I came home from work to take over. He lay with me for over an hour just holding on […]

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