Author: fuelingherforward
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We Cut TV Cold Turkey 4Weeks Ago and We’ve Already Seen Massive Changes…
Something had to change, there had already been so much transition in the previous 8 months, but in some ways things were getting worse instead of stabilizing. The contentment of living life playing with toys, in a nice house, with your own room if you need space just wasn’t enough. Our pickiest eater would barely…
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Processing My Own Childhood Through the Eyes of My Daughter
It was comfy, it was safe… it was too ‘safe’? Why everyone should talk through their childhood with a professional. I have a few friends I’ve hung onto for the long haul, but like most people you can count childhood friends on one hand and I’ve often wondered if it was my fault. I am…
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Community in the Midst of it All
If I am being completely honest there have moments where this journey has felt so so lonely. Through the initial home study process, more background checks than one knows what to do with, and the late late nights of training the adoption climb can feel like you are hiking up and up and all you…
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The Forward Journey of Adopting an Older Child
1. Why an older child? In the United States hundreds of thousands of children go through the foster care system every year, but not all children end up in the care of DCFS. No, sometimes they end up in the funnel of an agency in helping them find a forever home. What is the difference?…
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Holding Heartbreak + Resilience
I’ll never forget the first look of defiance she gave me when the boundary had been set and she didn’t like it. Those large brown eyes piercing into my soul, making me question everything I knew about motherhood up until now. What are you thinking? What has this experience been like for you in the…
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Our Adoption Journey (Up To This Point)…
We were overlooking my favorite view of Midtown Atlanta on top of a hill, we were only a month or two in too dating, which is hard to believe was 9 years ago. I told him about my heart for adoption, something that was incredibly important to me. And although neither of us were sure…
Fueling Her Forward 