I’ve posted a couple things on Facebook about how emotionally devastating This Is Us can be for me. ALL the adoption stuff, Kate’s struggle with her weight, the episode about Dr. K losing his wife to cancer… It’s all very personal and close to home. Recently, a friend suggested … [Read more...]
Spring 2017 Training Opportunities for Parents
Spring 2017 Training Opportunities! We are excited to share about two great training opportunities for parents in the Calgary area this spring! Empowered to Connect Simulcast 2017 - On April 7th and 8th, First Alliance Church is hosting the Empowered to Connect Simulcast … [Read more...]
We’re Expecting Twins?
Expecting Twins? The call came (mostly) out of the blue in February 2015. On the other end of the line was the director of the adoption agency we were working with. Her question to us: Would we like to adopt twins? My heart and brain stopped. Just stopped. We had an 18 … [Read more...]
Introducing Colleen on RaisingMom.ca
Please Welcome COLLEEN to RaisingMom.ca! I am very pleased to introduce you to a dear friend of mine, Colleen. We discovered this fall that it was our twenty-fifth "friend-aversary"! What an honour to have shared a friendship for such a long time. One of our first … [Read more...]
Children From Hard Places
Who Are Children from Hard Places? You may have noticed on our blog that we often refer to adopted and foster children as “children from hard places.” This term was coined by Dr. Karyn Purvis, and you can watch her explain it in a video. Any child who has experienced any number … [Read more...]