Posted January 10th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Driving, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Play, Safety, Southern California
Tags: adventures, coastal road, driving, flat tire, frozen road, gash in sidewall, joy ride, legal driver, live vicariously through others, mountain road, no cell phone coverage, noble intentions, one-up manship, recreating memories, two-lane road
Posted January 8th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Driving, Education, Identity, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma
Tags: adopted daughter, car rules, desires, dormitory, driver's license, driving under influence, expensive car, first vehicle, good grades, local college, needs, no drinking and driving, older vehicle, purchase price, sports car, teen driver, wants, without car at college
Posted January 7th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Driving, Education, Identity, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, New Orleans, Parenting
Tags: california, clunker, dates, driver's license, Envy, errands, first car, French Market, freshman year college, hood ornament, learner's permit, leather seat, Louisiana, New Orleans, peer relations, practice hours, school
Posted January 5th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Driving, Education, Health, Identity, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Southern California
Tags: adult, adult decision, California driver's license, chronological age, crosswalk, deal breaker, Department of Motor Vehicles, driver's education, driving exam, emotional stability, focus on driving, maturity, medication, Mental Health, mental illness, non compliant, obsessed, pedestrian, safe driver, solid white line, turn signal, unsafe driver
Posted January 4th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Driving, Health, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma
Tags: child of trauma, decision making, destructive fit, DMV, emotional stability, forget responsibility, guardianship, medical treatment, mental illness, non compliant, obsessed, parenting style, physical fits, prescription meds, rage, screaming, teen, wrath
Posted December 13th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Clothing, Holidays, Mental Health, Northern Europe, Parenting, Trauma
Tags: c, candlelight, catacombs, Christian persecution, Christmas sucks, common property, darkness, festive season, gifts, Italy, light hearted, necessities, nothing suffices, Roman maiden, sabotage, sadness, Saint Lucy, Santa Lucia, siblings, stocking stuffer, Trauma, unattainable gifts, wish list
Posted June 26th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Pain, Parenting, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: circle dates, connection, conversation, date on calendar, divide and conquer, divorced adoptive parent, estranged mom, Facebook, family division, in the moment, inherent worth, memory, no contact, out of sight, priorities, prioritize, refused invitations, rejection, reminder, second abandonment, text message, unfreind
Posted June 22nd, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Asian, Attachment, Greyhounds, Hygiene, Identity, Mental Health, Parenting, Uncategorized
Tags: adopted child, alpha dog, Biological Children, blonde, Cesar Milan, compliments, dental hygiene, Dog Whisperer, enamel imperfections, Envy, facial feature, finish line, greyhound racing, hair, hugs, imperfections, insults, love, natural instincts, nose, pack mentality, position, teeth
Posted June 19th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Marriage & Divorce, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: cornered, cornered and alone, custody, early trauma, entitled, entitlement, escalated state, fight or flight, freeze response, hunter, Most Dangerous Game, moving, never in car alone, prey, projectiles in car, Ptsd, retreat to safety, seldom at home alone, separated, stalking, unable to live alone with child
Posted June 18th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Mental Health, Parenting, Safety, Trauma
Tags: anxiety, breathing apparatus, depression, driving danger, hair pulling, offshore, petroleum plant safety, pull limbs, pulling, risk, safe driving, safety, safety glasses, safety in home, safety with child, separation, steel toe boots, survival suit, throw things, twist finger
