Posted February 1st, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Food, Holidays, New Orleans, Trauma
Tags: Carnival, Fat Tuesday, food fixation, fried chicken, imbibing, King Cake, spinach, vegetable lover
Posted June 10th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Age, Education, Food, Identity, Uncategorized
Tags: Biology, Biscuits, Breakfast, Charming, Chef, College graduation, Conservative family friends, Cook, Dual persona, Grits, Home school, Impress, interest in siblings, Other's achievements, Outside home, Public school, Riske` dress, selfish, Slang, Vernacular
Posted November 5th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Food, Mental Health, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tags: adoption trauma, ambivalence, ambivalent attachment, attraction, contradictory feelings, Doolittle, push me pull you, repulsion, tantrum, trust
Posted November 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Food, Health, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Pregnancy/Childbirth, Trauma
Tags: adoption plan, Birth Family, Birth Father, Birth Mother, broken heart, depressed, failed marriage, malnourished, natural birth, no pain relief, Pregnancy, unplanned baby, vibes, zero birthday
Posted October 12th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Education, Food, Health, Identity, Parenting, Play, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: Asian, communal living, elementary school, follow the leader, forever family, former life, naps, older siblings, Orphanage, play time, pre K, sibling rivalry, simon says, teacher
Posted September 10th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Age, Food, Health, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Safety
Tags: chemical, Health, obsessive, OCD, painful, photograph, photos, professional strength, sensitive to hot and cold, snow, teeth, tooth ache, whitening, yellowing
Posted September 9th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Food, Northern Europe, Parenting, Trauma
Tags: bread, cranky baby, diaper, eating hard crusts, Exhaustion, feeding, grace under pressure, headaches, housework, night time stress, Post Traumatic Stress, small front teeth, sore jaw muscles, stress, stressful, tiny teeth, TMJ, tooth grinding
Posted September 4th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Food, Health, Northern Europe, Parenting
Tags: Baby-Boomer, bread, convenience food, cost, crust, finish your plate, frugality, Great Depression, no choice of food, no exception, no variation, Orphanage, rigid parenting, same for everyone, single serve, thriftiness
Posted September 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Asian, Food, Health, Northern Europe, Parenting
Tags: Australia, Biological Children, carnivore, Chile, delicacies, Eat Local, French pate, International Adoption, Mexico, new foods, New Zealand, omnivore, protein for muscles, seasonal foods, shelf life, smoked salmon, Spain, Sri Lanka, Think Global, tiny limbs
Posted July 8th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Food, Health, Mental Health, New Orleans, Pain, Safety, South Louisiana
Tags: adoption, allergist, allergy, Biological Children, Defiance, denial, doctor, Health, hives, itch, Parents, rash, siblings, skin
