Cathartic journaling of an adoptive mom.
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Autonomie
În pofida dificultăților, limitărilor, greșelilor, indisponibilități adulților din viața mea când eram copil, sentimentul de autonomie m-a protejat de percepția ca traumă a evenimentelor din viața mea . Cred până în adâncul ființei mele că: “Pot face ceva. Sunt în control. Nu îmi place situația în care mă găsesc. Schimb ceva.” Mă aud zicând ca…
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Să ne învățăm copiii să spere cu îndrăzneală
Teologia credinței are multe nuanțe. Mulți dintre noi credem în funcție de personalitatea sau mediul cultural în care ne-am dezvoltat. Unii își cer drepturile, alții așteaptă cu răbdare să li se facă dreptate. Sa li se dea partea. Cu cele mai bune intenții, un tată împărtășește cum fiica lui l-a învățat să apere cu îndrăzneală…
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Faith & Politics
What a sensitive combination of words. Do they go together? In the eve of presidential elections in US and elections everywhere in Europe this year, we bravely or recklessly decided to tackle them together, and get the input of public servants from all over the board, with different affiliations, background & party lines. From different…
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Gender identity
My 11 year old daughter asked two girls she didn’t know, who were waiting in front of the bathroom at the conference, if the bathrooms were all occupied. They answered with “this is the girls bathroom”. My daughter only responded with “I know”. She wanted to cut her hair short to be cool, different, and…
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Yancey
At 18 I received a fantastic book from Brian, titled “what’s so amazing about grace”. After the lemudim camp in Valea Draganului, I took the train by myself, I was 19, and traveled to Suceava. I read the whole time. My english was not great and got probably 80% of the book, but I devoured…
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Urgent matters & saying no to friends
Two decades ago my brother was telling me about the quadrants of busyness, formed on the axes of important and urgent. Where do you think we spend most time in? And where should we actually focus on? Important and not urgent. That should fill most of our time. Instead we get so wrapped up in…
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Devenind mamă
Am publicat recent o carte pe subiectul adopției. Am pornit de la premiza ca dacă eu simt așa, trebuie să fie și alți părinți care trec prin stări similare. În unele capitole mă adresez direct părinților. În altele fac haz de necaz. Și în multe dintre ele pun reflectorul asupra credinței și cum aceasta dă…
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Responding wisely
We can’t control what people do. We can only control how we respond. It’s not what you think. In my quest to cut things off my endless list, my projects list, my to list, as I succeed pulling away from some things, many flood to take their place. Monday was busy. Busy at the pool.…
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New MomCo Iris year
In my quest to clear my daily schedule, my mind, my life, I have marked many good programs for termination. I am too emotionally spent to distinguish between them. But I hope I can restart some, if they seem to have been kept on the safe column. I’m not too worried though. I feel that…
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Two weeks notice
When we experience burnout we reach a stage of numbness. Like our nerves get literally fried. There is only a smoldering amber left in our burnt offering. Someone said today on a podcast that people reach burnout when they are self-centered. When they make everything about themselves. Those who serve freely are not bound by…
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MomCo Iris planning
Sometimes I think we are too tired and too old to start new things. We look around and others seem to have it all together and figured out. Every group needs a catalyst, or so we think. Some people are natural motivators, extroverts, good communicators, visionaries, with endless energy and ideas. But the reality is…
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Burnout creeping in
Everyone wants a piece of me. I feel my body tense, trying to shake things off, burdens, pressure, suffocating demands. Even 1st grade homework help needed is distracting me. I think my voice is tense even if I try to cover it up with low tones and softens. The hardness creeps in. The irritation. The…
