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About Me

By Marty Walden · 13 Comments

Thank you so much for visiting my little corner of the blogosphere! What started out as a little family journal in 2008 has turned into a passion for sharing my life, faith, dreams and adventures as a homeschooling, crafty, bargain hunting, memory keeping mom of both biological and adopted children. Our history is scattered throughout my postings, but the basic… Read More

Filed Under: about me, blogging, frugal living, Marty's Musings, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Adoption: Transformed from the Inside Out

Adoption: Transformed from the Inside Out

By Marty Walden · 43 Comments

      As I watch my adopted daughter heal I wanted to share a moment that reached deep into my heart today. Yet I believe only with true perspective can you understand how we reached this relationship. As the mother of a wounded child I want to give encouragement and hope to each of you who struggles with adoption… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, family, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

What does Reactive Attachment Disorder look like?

By Marty Walden · 16 Comments

I could find pictures from every vacation we’ve ever taken since adopting and find matching pictures to the ones below. Our RAD children heal slowly but find comfort in old behaviors. You know, the ones that send their trauma mamas into orbit. I decided to blog about it this year because it is so consistent with my son’s beliefs and… Read More

Filed Under: family photos, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

What Healing Looks Like

By Marty Walden · 11 Comments

Sometimes my S amazes me with her insight. She often struggles with word finding and expressive language, but she tries hard and is still working on it. Yet she often finds just the right things to say. As we were in the car driving to the orthodontist’s office we were talking, as usual, about choosing to look at the positive… Read More

Filed Under: adoption, faith, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Vacation and RAD

By Marty Walden · 2 Comments

 No matter how far I believe we have come or how much healing has taken place things happen that smack me in the head and remind me that my attachment challenged son has not arrived. This year another family (with a RAD kid) graciously invited us to share a beach house with them at Kitty Hawk, NC. It’s been 12… Read More

Filed Under: RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Simple as That May 19, 2012

By Marty Walden · 4 Comments

As parents of adopted children who struggle with attachment and relationship issues the picture below brings me to tears.  Tim’s birthday was May 18th and we had a small family dinner. S had written him a letter for his birthday and it had the same effect on him. (Wish I had a shot of her face.) This picture was taken… Read More

Filed Under: RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder, simple as that

Purple Ink

Purple Ink

By Marty Walden · 3 Comments

S got mad today when I corrected her writing. The first thing I pointed out was how neatly she wrote. It was immaculate.  But then she started the first sentence of her writing with an incorrect word and it was downhill from there! She is very sensitive when I correct writing because that feels very personal to her. I realize that… Read More

Filed Under: homeschooling, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Homeschooling Children with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder)

Homeschooling Children with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder)

By Marty Walden · 16 Comments

A veteran adoptive and biological mom shares her story of homeschooling children with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) with helpful tips included.   Trying to sum up 18 years of experience with homeschooling both biological and adopted children is a daunting task but here is my best advice for you mothers homeschooling children with Attachment Disorder. (You can read more about… Read More

Filed Under: education, faith, family, homeschooling, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder Tagged With: adoption, Faith, homeschool, homeschooling, motherhood, Reactive Attachment Disorder

Repeat Posting

By Marty Walden · 4 Comments

I’m on a scrapbooking retreat this weekend but I wanted to share a post I wrote last year about this time. I was at a crossroads, wondering if 11 years of parenting my RAD son even really mattered. To you trauma mamas who parent this kind of child day in and day out, I want to encourage you. My son… Read More

Filed Under: faith, RAD, Reactive Attachment Disorder

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