Month: March 2023
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Conversații bogate
Petrec serile răspunzând la întrebări. E un timp bogat de conectare cu fetele mele. Recunosc ca îmi place sa am o audiență așa captivată de ce am de zis. Doar ca setea lor e de nestăvilit. Întrebările curg, inima si mintea lor se umple. Nu mereu am energie sau cuvinte sa Le fac pe plac.…
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sleepovers and other matters
Our daughters spent their early childhood elsewhere. Not home, under our supervision, protection and care. Their transition to our home was slow and steady. Small steps. We prepared our home for them and we prepared them to come live with us. They cried to go back. If not the first night, definitely the second night.…
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Travel disappointments
It’s increasingly difficult to make travel plans. Booking, Airbnb and other sleeping arrangements have changed their cancellation flexibility. In the last year I had three trips canceled last minute. First of them, we were already passed through security. The flight got all together cancelled. Due to understaffing. Due to strike. Due to technical issues. That…
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Lider sau părinte
Rolul de părinte șlefuiește sau elucidează câteva abilitați esențiale in lumea adulților, in roluri diverse de pe piața muncii, in special roluri de conducere. Nimic altceva nu te pregătește atât de organic pentru rolul de manager sau mai bine zis lider, ca viața de familie. Dacă ai avut părinți cu abilitați de lider, cu siguranța…
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My birthday
It must be a gift This sense of generosity of life, the feeling that I received abundant love, so much so that for the rest of my life I only need to give it in order to be happy. My core belief is that i am deeply loved and safe. No, my parents weren’t perfect.…
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mount Hebron dew
Hungry and lonely We are or have been foreignersGod called us out of our father’s housePilgrims and sojournersWe are not home stillBut we got a glimpse of our final destinationA taste of what’s to come. The banquet.Meanwhile we cook on this side of heavenAnd we pull a chair or a benchOr add another table to…
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Ethnicity
Today in civics class, the teacher invited my older daughter to tell her story. Only if she wants to. Adoption is not a secret at home, in the neighborhood, in the church or at school. The natural way we treat this part of our story was passed on as such. It is neither good nor…
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Critical
Did you have those voices around you, growing up, that were more critical than encouraging? Kids are born inept. They know nothing, are clumsy, needy, and frankly even when they make progress, it is slow. Thant being said, they hunger for encouragement and faith. They need adults to believe in them, especially when they don’t…