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Posts in category "separation anxiety"

Day One: Separation Anxiety

Day One: Separation Anxiety
Andrew and I are on our first vacation without the kids since Cleo’s birth.  Our most recent vacation, a family trip to Jamaica, ended in catastrophe when Cleo got viral meningitis, and it turned out to be anything but relaxing. So, it was time. My mom flew in on Friday.  The plan was for her... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
April 1, 2012 at 8:03 pm
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The Fallout

The Fallout
We knew it was coming.  Katie and Annie Rose held it together when Cleo got sick in Jamaica.  They held it together when Andrew and I took Cleo back to the U.S. and left them in the loving care of their grandparents.  They held it together when our vacation got blown to hell. And then... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
January 4, 2012 at 2:49 pm
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Afraid of Being Left Behind

Afraid of Being Left Behind
In honor of November being National Adoption Month, Portrait of an Adoption is running a special series called 30 Adoption Portraits in 30 Days.  Designed to give a voice to the many different perspectives of adoption, this series will feature guest posts by adoptees, birthparents, adoptive parents, waiting adoptive parents, and foster parents-turned-adoptive parents.  Painful... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
November 18, 2011 at 9:56 am
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Separation Anxiety in the Adopted Child

  Last month, I left the three girls alone for an evening with their dad for the first time since Cleo was born.  Yes, apparently, it took seven months before Andrew was in charge of dinner, bath and bedtime without me (this in and of itself could be a post).  But I digress. I was... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
February 13, 2011 at 9:59 pm
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Separation Anxiety: A Post Script

Gran Melia Resort A month ago, I wrote a post about the separation anxiety that Katie and I were feeling prior to our first vacation apart.  We have returned from the big trip, and this is the follow-up to that post: We flew with Katie and Annie Rose to Tampa on Saturday, March 27th and... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
April 6, 2010 at 2:23 pm
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Musical Musings

Annie Rose and Katie As my girls prepare for an upcoming trip to Disney World, Katie has reminded me to pack her favorite CDs for the car.  One album that both girls clamor for is Same Same by Chuck Kent.  The songs are written for children who have been adopted, but even my biological child... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
March 17, 2010 at 9:26 pm
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Separation Anxiety Goes Both Ways

Girls at Disney in ’09 My daughter Katie is six-and-a-half years old, and she has never spent more than one night away from both my husband and me, except during the months when she was in foster care as a newborn.   Those early months of separation, once so agonizing to me, have softened and... Read more »
By Carrie Goldman,
March 7, 2010 at 10:40 pm
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