Posted December 4th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Holidays, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: counting gifts, gifts, greed, impress others, more than others, price no object, unrealistic expectation
Posted December 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Holidays, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: Black Friday, check out line, delayed gratification, headache, holiday stress, melt down, no patience, shopping, toddler issues, unrealistic expectation, waiting
Posted December 1st, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Driving, Holidays, Mental Health, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: Christmas, Christmas lights, December, decorating, driving, gift giving, Hanukkah, holiday, holiday struggles, Kwanzaa, low level anxiety, office party, stress, unpredictable, Winter Solstice
Posted October 31st, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Health, Holidays, Mental Health, New Orleans, Parenting, Safety, Trauma
Tags: blood, blood on ceiling, blood on floor, blood on walls, blow raspberries, child of trauma, dry air, dysregulated, gory, Halloween, horror movie, House of Shock, nose bleed, scary, screaming, screaming fit, tantrum
Posted October 30th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Education, Health, Holidays, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: constructive criticism, emotional, Fear, Halloween, intense, rolled eyes, scared, selfish, too much candy, unpredictable, well meaning advice
Posted July 16th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Holidays, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting
Tags: Asian, black eyes, colored contacts, comparisons, dark hair, Envy, gills, go green, green, hair, hair color, Irish, monster, Never Satisfied, ombre, Photoshop
Posted April 1st, 2012 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Asian, Health, Holidays, Parenting, Pregnancy/Childbirth, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: adoption, age, Biological Children, Birth Mother, ethnicity, forever family, handicap, Health, hospital, International Adoption, Interracial Adoption, medical, nationality, Parents, rejection, siblings, toddler
Posted March 17th, 2012 by Miche
Posted February 21st, 2012 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Clothing, dance, Education, Food, Health, Holidays, Mental Health, New Orleans, Parenting, Religion, South Louisiana
Tags: adoption, Carnival time, dancing, family friendly, fast, Fat Tuesday, feast, forever family, French, frivolity, Girls Gone Wild, honeymoon period, journey, Lenten fast, Louisiana, new climate, new environment, new sibling, parade route, siblings, South Louisiana
