Tag: trauma
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The Day My Grandfather Survived a Plane Crash
Get Pregnant Fast In our motel room, the phone rang around 9 a.m., jolting us from our morning routines. Back in 1987, the only reason a motel phone would ring was for a wake-up call or a noise complaint. Unfortunately, it was neither of those. My mother, sitting sideways on the bed beside the nightstand,…
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Embracing the Journey of Adopting an Older Child
Get Pregnant Fast Eleven months ago, our lives changed forever when we welcomed our daughter into our home through a direct adoption from the foster care system. She was nine years old and had spent the previous six months in a group facility. The moment we met her in the administrative office, I felt an…
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What I Discovered While Parenting a Foster Child with Behavioral Challenges
Get Pregnant Fast Parenting, especially in the realm of foster care, can be an eye-opening journey. I embarked on this path after grappling with years of infertility and a longing to bring a child into my home. In my early training sessions, I absorbed stories from seasoned foster parents—tales of reunions, happy adoptions, and the…
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The Tough Realities of Foster Care
Get Pregnant Fast Just a day after stepping away from my job to embrace the journey of foster care, two energetic boys entered our home. Meet Big J, age 10, and Little J, age 8—two brothers filled with charm, humor, and an undeniable zest for life. Our initial days together were all about exploration. They…
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Navigating the Complexities of Parenting: A Personal Reflection
Get Pregnant Fast The same judgments echo in my ears, no matter where I go. Whether it’s during preschool pick-up or at the checkout line, the criticisms are relentless. There’s no refund policy on parenthood. Children aren’t pets. Adoption is a lifelong commitment. Did she really think it would be simple? How could she? It’s…
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Eva Amurri Martino Opens Up About Son’s Injury and Her Struggles with Mental Health
Get Pregnant Fast In a candid blog post, actress and lifestyle blogger Eva Amurri Martino shared the traumatic experience of her son’s head injury, along with the emotional toll it has taken on her. The daughter of renowned actress Susan Sarandon and mother of two children, Amurri Martino took to her website, Happily Eva After,…
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Donald Trump: A Trigger for Survivors of Sexual Assault
Get Pregnant Fast My assailant remains faceless. It has been nearly a year since I was attacked by a stranger—someone I had never met before. Thankfully, my memories of that night are hazy, limited to the color of his hair and his ethnicity. Yet, the questions linger: How did this happen? Why me? The emotional…
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What Awaits Beyond the Pain
Get Pregnant Fast In the insightful book, Wired to Create: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Creative Mind, psychologists Scott Barry Kaufman and Carolyn Gregoire delve into the aftermath of life-altering trauma. They observe, “The more we are shaken, the more we must let go of our former selves and assumptions, and begin again from the…