I mentioned yesterday that I received a very condescending letter from Sammy’s wrap around worker yesterday. My only response to the letter was to inform them that I’d be speaking with our attorney.

This morning there was a new e-mail from the workers supervisor, who I had always had a good relationship with.

I have a quote on my regular e-mail and he is commenting on this quote.

The problem with doing something right the first time, is no one appreciates how difficult it was.- Walt West

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I’m having a very bad day. Our furnace went out last night for the second time in less than a week, and this morning I got to have a lovely meeting at Sammy’s RTC. Suffice it to say, I left the meeting, before it was over, in tears. I don’t cry easily or often, so you can guess how the meeting went.

Sandra on the Older Parent Adoption blog always makes me laugh, so I went over to her blog looking for some laughter. Nope, she was being serious today.

I thought I’d try a Google... more

I have so many things that I want to blog about, that it’s hard to decide. I hope I am choosing things that you are interested in.

One of the things that I picked up at the school counselors conference has held my interest.

There is a man named Reggie Dabbs who has started something called “The Seven Project”.

Here is a description of Mr. Dabbs life and The Seven Project from his website.

Born to an unwed teenager who at one time considered abortion... more

This was in my in-box from the Love & Logic Institute today, and it is certainly worth sharing.

Most little kids reach a certain point at which they want to do many things without our help. They want to feed themselves, they want to open every door without assistance, they want to button their buttons, etc. If we try to help, we often hear, "No! Me!" While frustrating for everyone, this stage is important. Little ones know down deep that they need to experience... more

I am back from the conference, and I am TIRED.

Between sitting in bad folding chairs, sleeping with a kid who sleeps sideway, talks in her sleep, and kicks, and being totally off schedule, I'm ready to head to bed.

Not that I get to relax tomorrow. I have a discussion on the Old Testement at 9:00 AM, and then going to look for a couch.

I bought several new books that I will fill you in on, and I promised to blog about the wilderness program guy that I talked to.

Hannah is not going to know what to... more

Our kids come from such a wide variety of backgrounds. They share abuse and neglect, but other than that, their stories are so different.

One or two parent families, the same parents, or different mother or father, baby pictures or no life history, married parents or parents who didn’t stay together. How in the world do you create a baby book to cover all these scenarios? You simply can’t.

I hate going into places that they have books for adoption. Usually it means that they have books for perfect infant adoptions. They... more

I’ve been writing some pretty heavy blogs, so I decided to do a lighter one.

In honor of Valentine’s Day tomorrow, I have a list of 14 things that make me smile. These are not in any particular order. Feel free to add yours as well.

1) Babies

2) Pictures of my kids, past and present

3) A day at the beach- literally

4) Baby animals

5) Birds at my bird feeders

6) Getting a card or letter in the mail

7) Receiving flowers- any kind, any quantity

8) Young love

9) Hearing... more

What do these two things have in common?

Regardless of who are cheering for in the Super Bowl, you can cheer for professional sports players who have a history in adoption or foster care.

Duante Culpepper, NFL Quarterback Superstar Anthony "Cos" DiCosmo, Pro Football Player Dan O’Brien, Olympic Gold Medalist Billy Mills, Track & Field Athlete Babe Ruth, Baseball Legend Eric Dickerson – Professional football player Greg Louganis – Olympic Gold Medalist Peter and Kitty Carruthers - figure... more

Continued from last post.....

In my last post I talked about some of my favorite and important subjects I blogged about in 2006.

One of the subjects needing discussion is the nature vs nuture. When should children be taken away from bio-family and under what circumstances should they be pulled from foster family to be reunited.

Each case is different of course.

In one well publicized case the bio-grandparents said about their child living in foster care:

"Sure, they fell in love with him, and I'm happy for that … (but) blood belongs with blood," said Dawn Kurtz of Grosse Ile. "I will lay my life on the line for him and so will Papa."

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Here's a brief synopsis of what I think are the top blog posts from the fost-adopt blog in 2006.

I've got the post overview on how to get around my blog, where to find stuff and when I write:

I usually write a post in the not to early morning (Yawn) around 7:30 AM my time (Colorado) and another in early afternoon. Occasionally I’ll miss one of the afternoons and will post on the weekends. So, even if you are one of those get up at... more