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Questions from the backseat: What country would I represent in the Olympics?

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With the Winter Olympics in full swing, we have been watching each night. My boys are taken with the sliding sports! Early on came the question of, “what country would I represent in the Olympics?” During the opening ceremonies the commentator talked about Julia Marino being the first Paraguayan Winter Olympian. She was adopted as …

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Questions from the back seat – Dead birds and friends moving away

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Not all questions are verbal. Sometimes they come as tears. I find helping my boys articulate those questions much harder. My boys were playing with a friend and found some baby birds fallen out of their nest. The boys wanted to rescue the birds and one of the people in the house where they …

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Questions From the Back Seat – Father’s Day

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When I first started blogging I did a very short piece on how we celebrate Father’s Day in our family. This year the dates and days of the week are the same as when we first received our son. All those memories of that first trip, meeting new friends, seeing various parts of the country …

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Questions From The Back Seat – Part IV

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“Am I good at soccer?” was a recent question from my son. Driving to practice and watching games in the fall and spring has become a routine in our house. My oldest has become much more enthralled with soccer this past year and really has improved dramatically in his ball handling and defensive skills. His …

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Questions From the Back Seat – Part III

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My youngest son recently asked, “What will I inherit from my birth parents?” I get the most profound and perplexing questions from my boys about their adoptions while driving in the car. Usually there is very little time to answer or clarify the question. This one felt easier than most. I knew he was thinking …

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Questions From the Back Seat – Part II

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We were in the car on the way to a play date when my youngest piped up from the back seat: “Do my birth siblings know I exist?” We have five minutes in the car and this is when my son decides to ask this tough question that I don’t have an answer for. The …

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Finding Balance In an Unbalanced World

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My sons begged me to take them to see the movie Kung Fu Panda 2 when it was first released. They love Po the panda and all things martial arts. I read the reviews. I saw the first movie and the extra DVD-only release, Secrets of the Furious Five. I knew that adoption issues were …

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Mother’s Day Blues

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Mother’s Day sneaks up like a lion ready to pounce on us each year. Suddenly we wonder: Have we gotten a card or gift? What will we do for mom this year? But did you realize that there is another lion sneaking up to pounce on our children. Mother’s Day brings up thoughts of birth …

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Questions from the back seat

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[custom_frame_right][/custom_frame_right] I was pulling out of the garage on my way to work, taking the boys to school, when I hear this voice from the back seat say, ”Papa, why were we adopted?” Kids have the strangest sense of timing. They always seem to ask the toughest questions at the most inopportune time! Then there’s …

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Tangled up in fairytales

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We took our boys to see Walt Disney’s new movie “Tangled” just after Thanksgiving. It looked like a great movie for the family, and we needed to get out of the house. We settled into our seats, and the movie started in typical Disney fashion with the baby being stolen from her parents in the …

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