"To see clearly a change of perspective is often enough."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
I'm sitting by candlelight, tea and traditional Christmas music, reviewing my own year, and wondering what I'd like to share with you at the end of the year, and for the coming New Year ...Read more: My Annual Review 2018: Little things can give wings
A foster Mum recently received the diagnosis of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) for her daughter from a well-known and highly experienced diagnostic center, in the sense of a full extent of the disorder. For this diagnosis, she took the drive of over 7 hours, as there was no suitable diagnostic center nearby. Due to numerous impairments in everyday life, she applied for a care level for her daughter following the diagnosis. She met a doctor who was examining her daughter's case and heard the following:
Read more: Is Fetal Alcohol Syndrom (FAS) visible in children?
The adoption process is quite tedious for many couples. The waiting time for the desired child can be at times grueling long - the admission of a foster child can go faster. Nevertheless,
the time to finally hold one´s child in his arms is often marked by uncertainty and doubt, hope, fear and setbacks. Unique then the moment in which the long-awaited call with the child proposal takes place. This is what recently happened to a family whose long-year waiting and suffering period has come to an end...
Read more: Are you good enough for your adoptive or foster child?
They exist, such days ...
Days when nothing seems to go on ...
Days when our thoughts run in circles ...
Days when a way out or a solution does not even seem approachable ...
What to do on such days?
Who has no time for his health,
will later need a lot of time for his illnesses.
(Sebastian Kneipp)
The first warm April and May days are behind us. Nature has awakened and has let our meadows and forests shine in a lush green within a very short time.
How many times have you been in a forest this year? Not often? Then I invite you to a little mental fantasy trip, which I like to use in psychological online counseling:
