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Adoption
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RAD

Life According to Plan: A Reality Check

So I had that dream again, the one where my life is going as I had planned it.  My family life was fun and exciting yet also calm and un-chaotic. My wife and I went on regular date nights.  I was pregnant and due soon.  I was doing work I loved and work hardly felt […]

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Adoption
Parenting
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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Marriage
Mental health
Self Care

Being Social When You’re in Darkness

I am a person who struggles with mental health. Right now I am also in a major dark time. The darkness comes and goes in my life but right now the dark is doing more coming and a lot less going. When I am in the darkness, I am not a great wife, mother, friend […]

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