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I’ve done my fair share of complaining about the adoption process: Dealing less then intelligent requirements has driven me crazy on more than one occasion. The process of managing the international process with what feels like ever changing rules. Managing a process that simply makes no sense to me. Preparing a nursery before we were ready. But to be fair, I’ve also spent some time talking about the exciting and happy stuff… Read More

Dani, at Blooming Spiders, recently posed a very interesting question in a comment to me. “I have had fleeting thoughts of how I’ll feel once I’m officially past child-bearing age. There will finally be a period at the end of a heartbreaking run-on sentence of loss and trauma. But will there be a sense of relief??” – Dani Once I read her question, I couldn’t stop thinking about it.  It has peaked… Read More