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- Hi, everyone!I just logged in for the first time in ages and noticed two mssages asking how everything was.Where do I begin?Last April we adopted all three grandkids. Because their last name is the same as ours, we were honestly able to tell them...
- We just heard from Pinky's bio-mom in Florida. Pinky is now totally homeless, with no clothes except for what she's wearing. She is trying to get hold of a social worker to see if she can get funding for another detox-rehab.Her mom said she can "get...
- I notice the forum has been slow lately - I hope that's a good sign. :-)In our case, everything has been wonderful for the past several months. After being absent from her grandmother's funeral, Pinky hasn't really tried to come around. My husband...
- YAY! Thank God it went SO smoothly. The judge was a doll - he spoke almost entirely to the three kids and made them feel special. Even better, we were the first this morning to have our hearing.I discovered something interesting, though. We were...
- We have our adoption hearing date on April 10. Everything has to go through an official adoption agency. Late in January they sent us a 1" thick ream of forms to fill out. They want to know EVERYTHING!We had to be fingerprinted, get a police...
- Check out this study:"The data suggest that the highest cognitive performance is demonstrated by postmenopausal women who spend 1 day/week minding grandchildren; however, minding grandchildren for 5 days or more per week predicts lower working...
- Pinky hasn't contacted us since November 8 and just called last night as if nothing was wrong. She asked to speak to the kids and I gave the phone to my husband. He spoke to her for a while, then let her talk to the two youngest (the eldest...
- One of our members shared this on Facebook.It's is an incredibly interesting idea. We've noticed our youngest's ADD seems to be going away the longer he lives with us. I think she's on to something..."Browns findings, which she presented in May at...
- I just read an article in the AARP magazine about people whose loved ones go missing. Rather than traditional grief, what they experience is called "Ambiguous Loss" and it is treated differently from regular grief.While the article is about people...
- So we've had our eldest granddaughter (14) in counseling for about four months, and family therapy just began.She made an incredible breakthrough two weeks ago. Then Pinky called, she cut again and it's been downhill ever since.Her counselor told me...
- My eldest has been in counseling for several months because of cutting. Gradually, she has been sharing more with me, but after yesterday's counseling session she totally blew me away.She said that because she had to take charge of her own life due...
- Our grandchildren are now 14, 12 and 11.Just about every week they bug us to either let them sleep at a friend's house or have a friend sleep at our house.I'm thinking of putting a stop to it, especially for the 14-year-old. I don't like the idea of...
- Here's a strage analogy that will illustrate what I'm talking about. Shortly after we got our puppy, she started to drool uncontrollably, was lethargic, and at one point we thought we'd lose her. We spent at least $1,000 on x-rays, dental exams, lab...
- As you may know, we have our eldest granddaughter in counseling because of cutting. We discovered that one of the biggest triggers was the presence (not absence) of Pinky. Since Pinky stopped coming around, no cutting.Anyway, Our granddaughter,...
- We had a breakthrough with our eldest granddaughter (14) when she FINALLY shared a difficult emotional event with me the other day. Before, it was nothing but "I don't know" and "I can't talk to you" comments.On the way back from counseling she made...