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 January 9th, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Abandonment, Adoption, Age, Attachment, Driving, Education, Marriage & Divorce, Parenting, Safety, Southern California, Trauma
Tags: adoptive father, CA license, California driver, careful driver, decisions, driving consent, Facebook, feign ignorance, hide the key, joyride, obsessive compulsive, parental consent, permission, permit, teenage driver, temptation, told you so, unbearable temptation
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 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 January 2nd, 2015 by Miche
Posted in Adoption, Age, Driving, Education, Parenting, Safety, Southern California, Trauma, Uncategorized
Tags: 15 year old driver, appointment, certificate, conflict, cost, Department of Motor Vehicles, DMV, driving, driving theory, due diligence, exam, freedom from parents, Homework, hullabaloo, learner's permit, next available, online instruction, passed test, permit test, right of passage, right to drive, school work, sixteen, sixteenth birthday, social network, teenage driver, telephone, timing
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 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 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
