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 25th, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Attachment, Education, Health, Northern Europe, Pain, Parenting, Safety, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: adoptive mom, biathlon, Biological Children, blame, bystander, collapse, college, competition, constant stress, ex-husband, marksmen, missed shots, money from wallet, moved away, nerves worn thin, new male relationship, olympian, on guard, panting, physical abuse, rages, rifle shooting, scapegoat, separated, skiing, target, teen, tween, uncontrollable tears, verbal abuse
Posted June 23rd, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Asian, Education, Identity, Language, Marriage & Divorce, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: A, alienating teachers, Alma Mater, burning bridges, Central California, damage, elementary school, ending friendships, familiar environment, family stability, four year college, high school, junior high school, Master's Degree, Midwest, Montessori, parochial school, pre-kindergarten, private school, Public school, relationship, Scandinavia, school changes, stabile, university, unstable
Posted June 21st, 2014 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Education, Language, Northern Europe, Parenting, Religion, Safety, Uncategorized
Tags: adopted child, bilingual, elementary school, English, French, Hungarian, ignore foreign language, learning new language, mastering new language, Polish, refusal to speak, Scandinavian, second language, Tamil, toddler, Vietnamese
Posted December 12th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Attachment, Clothing, Holidays, Identity, Northern Europe, Parenting, Play, Religion, Safety, Uncategorized
Tags: candles, Christmas tree, church, clothing, crawling, decor, demolish, fire, first Christmas, forever family, honeymoon period, keepsake ornaments, Mass, newborn, obstinacy, Orphanage, red dress, temper, throw a fit, toddler, Twelve Days of Christmas
Posted October 19th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Attachment, Education, Mental Health, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California
Tags: chauffeur, driving to school, drop off lane, early grandiosity, entitlement, no buses, no errands, older siblings, servant, sibling rivalry, walk to school
Posted October 13th, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Education, Health, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California
Tags: adopted child, arid climate, chronic ear infections, hearing, hearing aid, pneumonia, professors, siblings understand speech, upper respiratory infections, wet climate, word recognition
Posted October 3rd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Education, Mental Health, Northern Europe, Parenting, Trauma
Tags: adoption, anger, bilingual family, bump heads, child's play, classmate, classroom, correction, dark pencil marks, enrichment, Fear, foreign language, fourth grade, friends, guidance, high school, love, resentment, school, substitute teacher, unconditional love, worksheet, wrath
Posted October 2nd, 2013 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Education, Identity, Northern Europe, Parenting, Southern California
Tags: bilingual, differing school systems, English, kindergarten, mother tongue, older siblings, pre K, Scandinavian, school, school bus, siblings, three Rs
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
