Author: Violeta

Today I went down the memory lane on my years at Apple: the culture, the internal code, the people, the skills, mentoring, fearless feedback…

Dacă am inspirat pe cineva, ne bucurăm. Îmi amintesc ce încurajator era pentru mine să aud de oameni care au adoptat, și cu sete aș fi dorit sa aflu multe despre călătoria lor în adoptarea unui copil, și poate calatoria de după.

“Mommy, while you cook I’ll go with Daddy to catch some frogs!”

Like good wine, a healthy friendship only gets better with time. I’m not a fan of small talk, but with old friends, even talking about nothing in particular is savory. This particular friend’s company is refreshing, like a cool breeze in the summer. I love my sister!

Will she ever embrace the idea of sleep? She has no issue with sleeping per say. But boy, if we tell her she is tired, it is one of the most offensive or threatening things we could utter.

I read all kinds of books to Jaclyn. Long, short, in english, in Romanian, I translate live – she like me reading to her because for now, she understands the words that come out of my mouth easier. With daddy she needs to make an effort. But in the long run all the effort is…

“This is not my bed” said the defiant voice trying to negotiate sleeping in the big bed with mommy and daddy. This is not my house. This is not my car. These are not my toys. She says these things out of the blue, on the best and smoothest days. Or when she doesn’t want…

One of the very soothing bedtime routines is listing all the people that love Jackie. She asks: “who else?” scrunching her nose, smiling with brimming delight.

We just returned from a four day excursion abroad. It was fantastic. We made great memories, and expectations were surpassed.

At the parenting class I took last month, I connected with another adoptive mom of a 3.5 year old boy. She is 6 months behind me in the adoption journey, and she has been very genuine in her desire to better herself, to learn, to grow.