Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label birthday. Show all posts
29 Jan 2011
Being an adoptive Mum is...
...not being able to celebrate your children's birthdays online with your friends, e.g. "my little girl is three today and we have made it her best birthday ever, with fabulous presents and a wonderful cake made by Nanny :) ", because that gives away their date of birth and makes them potentially traceable by the birth family
10 Jan 2011
Being an adoptive Mum is...
...not having any time for yourself - or even to THINK about yourself. In eight months I haven't had my hair cut, had my eyebrows shaped, when it was hubby's birthday I forgot to buy him a card as I was so busy getting him something from the children, I haven't pro-actively sorted out my paperwork / post / emails, I haven't pro-actively contacted a lot of friends, I haven't written thank-you cards to people who gave us things for the children when they moved in / for their birthdays / for Christmas...
31 Dec 2010
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