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Get Rid of Two Money Drainers!

The new year is a great time to rid yourself of big money drainers in your life. No, I’m not talking about your relatives! That is the subject of a different blog all together. I am talking about some key things that you might have in your life; things that you don’t need; and things that are draining your money? What are they and how can you deal with them? Read this article for more information! There are plenty of things that can drain your money, but let’s focus on some big ones that can be easily resolved. Storage Fees … Continue reading →

A Child’s Stages of Thinking about What It Means to Be Adopted

In their book Inside Transracial Adoption, Gail Steinberg and Beth Hall (both adoptive parents) look at attitudes toward adoption in general, and then transracial adoption in particular, as going through several stages. Steinberg and Hall name these stages as: Pre-Conscious, Contact, Disintegration, Internalization, Immersion/Emerging. The authors look at what these stages might mean for the adoptee, adoptive parent and birthparent. I will try to give a brief and easy-to-read summary here some of what they say about issues of adopted children, then my next blog will discuss adoptive parents. In the Pre-Conscious Stage, the child knows only his/her own family … Continue reading →