tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91683609088973710622024-02-06T22:14:25.597-06:00Urban Servantfilled to be poured out again dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064874982149340182noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168360908897371062.post-74596318096884976892018-04-16T06:16:00.000-05:002019-06-20T12:18:58.057-05:00Urban Servant: Hope, Healing and Growth as a Family....Greetings Faithful Friends and Followers of Urban Servant.<br />
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First, I want you to know that you are precious to me. Each of you is unique and special. Every reader a gift, a blessing and a special type of friend. Accept that please - you are each beautiful and have your own special story.<br />
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Due to your faithful support, we passed 2,500 posts, 1.5 million hits (between the two platforms) and a lifetime of learning over the past 9 years. Almost all of those posts are archived now due to the changes in our life- but they are available if needed. Please feel free to ask if you are looking for something specific. I will not be returning to blogging here in the foreseeable future but I am leaving Urban Servant live in case things shift.<br />
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Which brings us to today. We are thriving. Healing from the trauma of recent years and learning a new pattern of life that embraces everything that is good without being controlled by legalistic rules or fear. The promise of Psalm 30:5 "Weeping may stay for the night, but rejoicing comes in the morning, " has proven to be true for us.<br />
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Our joy has returned and brought huge change with it. Feel free to contact me through the blog as my efforts to support, advocate and encourage adoptive families continues.<br />
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Blessings friends,<br />
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Dorothy<br />
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dorothyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06064874982149340182noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9168360908897371062.post-75781086131737466182014-10-13T14:50:00.001-05:002014-10-13T14:50:46.518-05:00My Kid are Perfectly Normal..... (repost from 4/13)My Kids Are Perfectly Normal...... <br />
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Do you like that title? Are you worried that I'm living a little bit of my own personal denial fantasy here again - with a serious need for therapeutic intervention? Probably so - especially when we consider the fact that I for some reason want my kids to be other than normal.<br /><br /> You see.....my kids are 100% normal as individuals with FASD, ADHD, AD's, SPD's and LD's. They act, and think and behave exactly as they should. They are doing everything just fine. I'm the one with the problem. I think the busy hands associated with impulse control should be stilled, the distractibility created by ADHD should be focused and the maturity that develops slowly with FASD should hurry up! <br /><br /> I need some serious counseling.<br /> And another cup of coffee.<br /> And a good slap upside my head. <br /><br /> Because I am sure I could tear my own house down overnight if I try to make it what I want rather than what it is. I am surrounded by incredible people and I need to be sure I am not setting them up for trouble by trying to force them into being something they are not. That's just a recipe for disaster. <br /><br /> Thank you God today for my perfectly normal family - for blessing us with variety and excitement and for creating the unique beauty of each one. And for reminding me again that it's not about me but about what you are doing here.....Amen</div>
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