Da Burks

Category: Adoptionizationisms

  • National Adoption Month

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    Nean
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    This month is national adoption month, it’s also the anniversary month of the birth of our amazing daughter who was placed in our arms, entirely coincidentally, during Adoption Month 2007. I’ve had people tell me how hard it is to adopt. The approval process is a nightmare of paperwork, interviews, excitement, heartbreak, and waiting. It takes…

  • I’m a Meanie-Pants

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    Nean
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      I’m a meanie-pants. Just ask my daughter. She’ll be more than happy to tell you what a bad mom I am, and how much she hates me. Really. You’d think she was fifteen instead of five some days. We were driving home last night from an evening with friends. It was a long drive…

  • National Adoption Month

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    Nean
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    We all deserve someone who we can trust to unconditionally understand and accept all that we are. We all deserve to be safe and have a home and family where we know we belong. Are you willing to help provide this for a child?

  • Tuggin’ on the heart strings…

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    Nean
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    So, exactly how nuts am I? Nuts enough to even entertain the thought of adopting again. And I’m not talking about somewhere down the road when Zoë is a year or two older. Oh, no. Now. When my “contact” (thanks a lot, Carol!) at Bethany tells me about a two-week old African-American baby girl who…

  • The Winds of Change…

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    Nean
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    It’s an “amicable breakup” to borrow an analogy…. But it’s still a “breakup”. It’s still change. I still don’t deal like change. And it still means re-evaluating… life in general…

  • National Burkholder Day!

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    Jeff Burkholder
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    today is the May 29th that was mentioned in our previous post. That, coupled with the exclamation mark in the post title should let you know that we’re in pretty good moods today. 🙂 Judge Jay Hoberg of the Lancaster Court of Common Pleas decided that we were cool enough to have custody of another…

  • Of adoptions and illnesses…

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    Nean
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    So… I must be the worst blogger in the universe. Thanks Ami, for a gentle prod to update this yet again. And now for the big news: Zoë’s finalization hearing will be on May 29 at 10:00 AM. After that, she’ll officially be a Burkholder! And that will mark the end of this seemingly endless…

  • Another day, another load of laundry…

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    Nean
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    So, it was pointed out to us (thanks Greg) that we’re incredibly lax on the updates of late. Our apologies on that one. Somewhere in the middle of the daily life of searching for pacifiers, mixing bottles of formula, throwing yet another load of spewed on laundry in the washer, and generally collapsing in exhaustion…

  • And so it goes…

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    Nean
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  • Christmastime is here…

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    Nean
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    Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night… Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking on my part. 🙂 The Burkholder homestead got much crazier in the last several weeks. We three are now we four. 8+ hour nights of sleep are a thing of the past and now we’re thankful for 3-4 hours…