Category: Grafted Family
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he ain’t heavy
I sat on the grey bench against the brick exterior of the house, pretending I was not crying. I tugged dead leaves off a nearby geranium. He came out the front door and sat next to me, that lanky baby brother of mine. We spent several minutes silently pretending not to cry. I couldn’t look…
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A Sister’s Work is Never Done
Note: the scientific information and statistics I mention herein are all from empoweredtoconnect.com and from their various resources for adoptive families. The two flights of stairs that lead to our second story are notoriously creaky, but the many children who were raised at Eyrie Park know just where to step. I’m in my twenties now, but…
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Adoption Roundup
Hey y’all, Today I am thinking about all the courageous and mighty knights of justice I know. By that I mean adoptive families. Adoption is not part of God’s original design for humanity. It is the necessary response to the results of tragedy, trauma, loss and pain. Everyone has a different story, but generally, adoption…
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How to Enjoy Old Movies (as a Modern Woman)
Disclosure: at no cost to you, some of the links within this post are affiliate links. “Subculture” is a word that springs to mind when I think about my eclectic upbringing. I was the product of the homeschool movement, dropping out of public school after Kindergarten in the mid-nineties. And yet, not only did my…
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Multicultural Children’s Book Day, 2016!
I don’t know about you, but I kind of miss the olde blogging days of yore. When I started blogging in 2007, I was all about the link-ups, the comments and the tags (Tag Seven Friends Who Want to Tell Us All About Their Favorite Costume Drama Adaptation Mini-Series Crush.) But alas, we are too…
Caroline Rose Sanders 