Short Film Showing Despair of Dyslexia and Hope after Diagnosis
The newsletter I receive from the International Dyslexia Association shared this short film, which made me cry. It hurts to see how hard school can be for a child with dyslexia, like my adopted child,...
View ArticleA Mother's Love: Organization Supporting China's Orphans
I am traveling tomorrow and wanted to get a quick blog posted before leaving town. I was feeling too lazy to write anything new, so I thought I would do a search on YouTube for an interesting video...
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Video Games Can Help with Dyslexia
According to webmd.com, video games can be helpful for children with dyslexia. Specifically, the study showed improvement when the children played action games.My child with dyslexia is more into...
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Mother's Day
Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers, regardless of the type of mother you are: biological, adoptive, birth, foster, or any other version of mother. We all have one thing in common -- our love for...
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Paperwork for Special Needs Child
It never ceases to amaze me how much paperwork a special needs child accumulates. I am having my special needs child evaluated for another Individualized Education Plan (IEP). We went through the...
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Happy Memorial Day!
Adoption Under One Roof wishes all of you a Happy Memorial Day!read more
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To Work or Not to Work … That is the Question
When I was in college, I saw an ad for the TV show Thirtysomething in which the wife was struggling with the decision about whether to return to work as a young mother, and the husband said, “At least...
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Weighing Pros and Cons of Returning to Work Full-time
Continued from here.I began my last blog entry with a reference to an ad for the TV show Thirtysomething in which the wife was struggling with the decision about whether to return to work as a young...
View ArticleABC Family’s New TV Series: “The Fosters”
This week, ABC Family launched the season premiere of The Fosters, which airs on Monday nights at 9:00 p.m. EST/8:00 p.m. CST. You can read a description of the show on the bottom of the screen here...
View ArticleLearning Disabilities Association (LDA) Awareness
If you have a child with learning disabilities, watch the below video from the Learning Disabilities Association (LDA). I am a member of a local chapter and learn a lot about how to meet my child's...
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Adoption Lessons from a Frog
My 12-year-old adopted child caught a frog yesterday. Actually, it looked like a toad to me, but he insists that it is a frog named Phil, so I’ll stick with calling the amphibian a frog.If I had been...
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Adopted Child’s First Week of Overnight Camp
Today, I dropped my 12-year-old adopted child off for his first ever week of overnight (residential) camp. How I feel this evening reminds me of how I felt the first day that I dropped him off at...
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“Switched at Birth” Addresses Birthfather Rights
ABC Family’s Switched at Birth has a storyline going about birthfather rights. Angelo (played by Gilles Marini) learned that his one-night stand resulted in a pregnancy when the mother told him about...
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Being Truthful in Adoption
One of the issues I am wrestling with in my personal life is living in a society that does not value truth. To be a “good friend,” some people expect you to tell them what they want to hear rather than...
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Failed Adoption Turned into Successful Adoption
In my blog entry entitled “Switched at Birth” Addresses Birthfather Rights, I shared that ABC Family’s Switched at Birth had a storyline going about birthfather rights. Since that episode, Angelo...
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Homework is a Waste of Time and Energy
Lisa’s blog entry, entitled Welcome Back to Homework Hell, got me back on my soapbox, so you can thank her for this rant!Homework is a waste of time and energy. Homework is one of those requirements...
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Returning to Work Full-time after being a Stay-at-home Mom
Back in May, I shared that I had decided to apply for a full-time position with my current employer:To Work or Not to Work … That is the QuestionWeighing Pros and Cons of Returning to Work Full-timeI...
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Thanks for a wonderful seven years!
Hi, all.I know I haven't been around since I returned to full-time work in 2012, but I still wanted to say goodbye. Hopefully you still remember me! My little boy is now almost 14 years old and would...
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