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Dancing at the edge
For about a week now, we’ve had a child who is dancing at the edge, as we call it. This means they walk right to the edge of misbehavior or a temper tantrum and then at the last minute step away. It...
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Too Much of a Good Thing
When our Callie arrived 9 1/2 yrs. ago she had severe attachment issues. One was that she hold up her hands to be picked up and within about 30 seconds was pushing away. It was up then down up then...
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Love Worth the Battle
On this day, Valentine’s Day, when we demonstrate to those near and dear to us that we love them and appreciate having them in our lives I’m thinking of all my fellow adopters who are parenting...
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Sensory Overload is not Misbehavior
Many adoptive parents are parenting children who experienced trauma early in their life, before they became a part of our lives. Our Callie is one of those kids. When she was younger I would sometimes...
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Adoptive Families and Movies
Today I took my two youngest to see the movie “Mr. Peabody and Sherman”. I loved the cartoon as a kid, didn’t remember many details, but just that I liked it. I knew it got a decent review and thought...
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the wedding by Callie Reeves
Our neighbors hosted a wedding yesterday and this was how Callie commemorated it. Love, weddings, kissing – all some of her obsessions. John Miller created her favorite roller coaster, those being her...
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Presumptuous People are Frustrating
Every year Callie has her eyes checked. When she came to us she wore glasses and her stronger eye was to be patched to strengthen the weaker one. She came from her former state with her eyes rated at...
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