Real life happy
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I miss this thread (even though it’s only been a couple months) and wanted to share a positive moment and hopefully read others too.
Our youngest kiddo has started communicating better and working on not yelling/cursing/fighting when they get mad.
When we praised them for this and asked what brought on this determination they answered, “I am not scared I’ll have to leave anymore. I know this is my home and I want to be happy.”
We are their 10th home. Our kids (biological siblings) moved into our home a few years ago as a foster placement. The adoption has been finalized over a year now. They have each had their own struggles and victories. I know our journey will continue to have highs and lows. Today though? Is a definite high.
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@SockMonkey After a decade+ of working in child welfare law and finally escaping, this is exactly the kind of feel good story that makes me tear up. Thank you for sharing it.
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@sao Thank YOU for your work and the difference your dedication made. We are so grateful for the good members of our team who helped us through the process.
I’m not going to lie and act like it’s been easy or that we’ve gotten everything right alone the way. It’s been lots of laughter combined with a lot of frustration and even more apologies as my husband and I were learning. When you step back and think about what THEY’RE dealing with though it makes it easier to keep trying.
I can honestly say my kids are my heroes. They have been given every reason to be bitter and closed off to the world, but they are the kindest humans (kid or adult) and have such big hopes.
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@Gashlycrumb This is why I have to stop typing conversations on my phone. Autocorrect catches a lot of things for me, but if I get even a HINT of distraction (or it scrolls off the screen from typing a lot) I will have some doozies of a “wut?” autocorrect spotting when I see the response.
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My son told me the hairstyle he got at the barber is called the Merman Cut. I told him he looks awesome. Meanwhile, all I can hear in my head:
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I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
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@Rucket said in Real life happy:
I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
Quoting my own post to say I had a 2nd one on Thursday and hope to hear something early next week about Interview #3.
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@Rucket said in Real life happy:
@Rucket said in Real life happy:
I, uh, have a crazy job interview on Monday. I really can’t believe it but going to prep this weekend and hope Monday goes well!
Quoting my own post to say I had a 2nd one on Thursday and hope to hear something early next week about Interview #3.
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More of a real life cute, but wanted to share. This is a recent development that now seems to be routine.
Backstory: Our oldest cat has diabetes and has to get injections. Don’t worry, he’s doing fine. Grumpy old man, but his levels are good and he’s moving towards remission. That being said, since he has to get a shot twice a day he gets fed a little away from the other cats and gets some extra cuddles after.
Present Day: One of our youngest cats started to walk up and whine when I was administering the post-shot extra cuddles to Oldest Cat. So I laughed and said, “You only get extra cuddles if you get a shot.” He head donked me and meowed.
Just for fun I took the insulin pen (so solid plastic cap no needle to it) and gave him ‘his shot’. I said “There you go! Good job!” and cuddled him.
Now he comes up every feeding, every injection, and waits his turn patiently for ‘his shot’ and extra cuddles.
