by Shari Dragovich | Mar 20, 2015 | Adoption
Last night I finished reading Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. It took me only a few evenings to read it and at one point early in the book I recognized some of its lines. I had read these lines already. Really, what I remembered was a similar image, if you...
by Shari Dragovich | Feb 21, 2015 | Adoption, Faith
Something happened to me yesterday afternoon. It was so small, and my re-telling will amount to nothing as far as writing goes. My children have been home all week due to bad weather so please forgive me. All the creative in my brain is being used to keep me on the...
by Shari Dragovich | Jun 26, 2012 | Adoption, Home Front, Mothering
Our family’s last week could easily be defined by wins and loses. We wrapped up our baseball season and both teams our children played for (the triplets on one team and Isaac on another) found themselves in championship positioning. We started with Sam, JB and Risa’s...
by Shari Dragovich | May 31, 2012 | Adoption, Faith, Home Front, homeschool, Mothering
Last weekend I attended NC’s Home Education Conference with my children. Yes. You read correctly. I’ve attended homeschool conferences the past four years – with friends, not children — and every year I see mothers toting their littles around with them and...
by Shari Dragovich | Aug 19, 2011 | Adoption, Faith, Home Front, Mothering
What if it’s a battle–this struggle to bond fully with my adoptive children? Two years after bringing them home from Ethiopia, mournful thoughts of pre-five children still attack my mind. A moment of all is well, followed by hot flashes of frustration and...
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