tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post8708368532529644404..comments2023-05-26T07:27:18.007-07:00Comments on What Now?: Age is Just a NumberLulu McCabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10002084871872201948noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-84627260390458860912012-12-17T21:49:55.200-08:002012-12-17T21:49:55.200-08:00Your posts have taught me more than my MAPP traini...Your posts have taught me more than my MAPP training. Every few minutes I ask my husband if I can share "just one more post" and he stops, listens, and then halfheartedly starts what he was doing before, knowing he is soon going to hear "just one more." I so value this! (Though my husband would like to play an uninterrupted video game at some point...)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08782397111394651226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-81626545181780469192010-03-31T04:46:09.375-07:002010-03-31T04:46:09.375-07:00Good for you! He needs a mama that can go with th...Good for you! He needs a mama that can go with the flow and is blessed to have you.Melissa, Multi-Tasking Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04552463538625125742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-71375122870542021672010-03-11T21:13:30.562-08:002010-03-11T21:13:30.562-08:00Thank you, again. What a perfect way to finish an ...Thank you, again. What a perfect way to finish an evening. Your mother love for T, and the way you reflect him through your eyes is really quite beatiful.M and Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00557944772547796979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-7711908728704043462010-03-10T18:22:43.092-08:002010-03-10T18:22:43.092-08:00Every time I read one of your posts, I am struck b...Every time I read one of your posts, I am struck by how similar my experience of adopting a toddler is to your experience of adopting a teen...this post really helped me put a few things in perspective, thank you so much for it!InventingLizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08882590455596544329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-21334787406004594472010-03-10T11:36:45.449-08:002010-03-10T11:36:45.449-08:00Great post, great parenting. It makes me nervous,...Great post, great parenting. It makes me nervous, though, that my four year old (with me for three months) is so insistent on helping with laundry and cleaning up messes that she has made. Yesterday we did laundry, and she wouldn't let me carry her laundry bag to the laundry room, then insisted on helping me with the soap and the money. It was cute, and I love her willingness to help, but at the same time, I don't know where she is coming from with her laundry--did she have similar must-help-must-do-good-job requirements from her mom? When she spills something on purpose, I make her clean it up (and try to help, usually, but she won't let me!) but if it's an accident, I will usually do it myself. But when she makes a mess doing homework (pre-k cut and paste), she insists on cleaning it up herself. It makes me a bit nervous. (However, she is a much tidier person than I am, so I'm also not complaining!)Foster Imahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851404564283332825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-32908522864536122262010-03-10T10:27:02.045-08:002010-03-10T10:27:02.045-08:00Dang girl, where have you been hiding?
I love tha...Dang girl, where have you been hiding?<br /><br />I love that, about the 10,000 needs, and it really sounds quite accurate. I think of my bio kid who probably had 9,900 met immediately. Then I think of my adopted kid who probably had.... maybe 500 met in a reasonable period of time, before she began to have a panic/survival response as to whether anyone would ever come. <br /><br />That laundry story is amazing.The Accidental Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00409271721074309249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-15381505503921672252010-03-10T10:22:47.918-08:002010-03-10T10:22:47.918-08:00Your generosity and compassion are inspiring. Tha...Your generosity and compassion are inspiring. Thanks for giving me another way of looking at it!Gabnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-11699115309205462402010-03-10T09:07:18.236-08:002010-03-10T09:07:18.236-08:00I love this post! How great for him that you'r...I love this post! How great for him that you're willing to meet him where he is. (And how cool for you that you don't JUST get to parent a teen!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-64666124658851570502010-03-10T06:45:58.556-08:002010-03-10T06:45:58.556-08:00Well said. It is almost like our kids get "f...Well said. It is almost like our kids get "frozen" at their age of trauma and we have to parent them from "there" - even when it seems strange and it doesn't match their chronology. We had to buy a new recliner in Sept to accomodate holding Bobby when he crawled onto our laps for a cuddle. He's 11 and almost 100 pounds...He came to us at age 8, but in many ways - he is still 3.Mama Drama Times Twohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04935810256080795505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-55636495005068468562010-03-10T06:27:34.146-08:002010-03-10T06:27:34.146-08:00OMG you could be describing FS#2! I'm glad to ...OMG you could be describing FS#2! I'm glad to hear that he is feeling comfortable enough with you to display his many developmental ages. Also congratulations on celebrating T's 16th birthday as a family.TTBoothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685306011815968657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1595859314129335086.post-75927052282562300762010-03-10T02:47:16.106-08:002010-03-10T02:47:16.106-08:00Remindds me of one of my favorite quotes from Dr. ...Remindds me of one of my favorite quotes from Dr. Daniel A. Hughes--"The adults must constantly strive to have empathy for the child and to never forget that given his history, he is doing the best he can."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com