Sherrie's Blog

<p>Hell yes, adoptees are angry! Excuse my French&#8230;I’m just a veteran adoptee, finally free from anger’s choking grip, and ready to hunt bear on behalf of my fellow adoptees and foster kids who believe that their anger might be a life sentence.</p> <p>Up until now, most adoptees have believed there’s no hope for resolving overwhelming and uncontrollable anger issues. They accept “I&#8217;m just an angry person” misbelief.  Many adoption agencies hid the topic of our ange

<p>I’m going to ask you to do something in regard to your adopted child’s anger that will likely seem crazy, but hang tight&#8230;it will make sense after you read the prescription for helping your child process misplaced anger and find healing from pre-adoption loss. </p> <p>First, think  about your reaction to your child’s outbursts, rages, and rejections. Do these scare you? Do you wonder if you’re doing something wrong as a mom? Do you feel helpless and hopeless about how

<p>We feel emotions more intensely than many non-adopted humans, for we have pre-adoption traumas that affect us right down to the cellular level.But, isn’t anger supposed to be a good thing? Yes!  Our emotions are a gift, meant to help us. But, anger can become toxic if not processed. Take this quiz to see if your anger is toxic.</p>

<p>Hell, yes, we’re angry. Excuse my French…I’m just a veteran adoptee, finally free from adoptee anger’s choking grip, and ready to hunt bear. As you might have surmised from the opening statement, this will not be a feel-good read. No warm fuzzies or heart-shaped emojis. No steaming bedtime tea and cookies. This is a wake-up, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If you pick up an empty bottle that once contained expensive perfume, its possible to still distinguish the fine fragrance, even though the bottle is empty. Adoptive mamas, you are the perfume and you want your life and love to be a timeless fragrance of fine perfume for your adopted and foster child. That’s what [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Dear friends&#8230;I am pleased to introduce you to Mari Galligher, an Irish adoptive mom. She is soooo brave. When you read about the current adoption atmosphere in Ireland, you will be amazed that she has broken silence in a country that doesn&#8217;t talk about adoption. Please welcome her, and give her a big hug. Love, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Because adopted and foster children suffer great loss of the birth family and place of belonging, they oftentimes feel forgotten&#8211;by those in their lives and by God Himself. Sherrie provides Biblical answers of God&#8217;s inheritance to the fatherless.</p>

<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe in this day and age that social workers often hold back vital truth from adoptive and foster parents. Withheld truth that will surely sabotage both parenting and growing up adopted or fostered. What can a parent do when this happens? Sherrie Eldridge lists six steps to help parents get started.</p>

<p>&#8220;Just get whatever you want.&#8221; Many of us believe this communicates love to adopted and foster children. As Sherrie Eldridge wrote this post, she identified a new area of overindulgence in her own life. Find out what overgiving really communicates to your child and the three forms of overgiving.</p>