How I came to appreciate the Finnish adoption system
If you met me during our adoption process, you surely heard me complaining of the long wait. Our home study took almost two years to be approved ...
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The best Christmas gift, a personalised book by Wonderbly
When R was smaller, her grandparents bought her a special gift. We heard of Wonderbly‘s personalised books from other parents and we ...
Stressed parent? You need a FamilyBoost
My blog leads me to talk to the most interesting people in my community. This was the case when I interviewed Heidi Livingston, co-founder of ...
The role of books in our multicultural family, my appearance at The Segilola Salami Show
It’s funny for once to be on the other side of an interview. Well, I should say a friendly and lovely chat, as this is what I truly had ...
How ResQ Club is giving us back our family quality time
Our life is constantly on the run. We’re full-time working parents, juggling three cultures in our family. We could probably write a full ...
Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter IV
I was at work when the social worker called me to announce the Indian Court has ruled the E. was our son. I started crying in the office phone ...
blog series, reviews, self-care
October’s favorites
Here I go back to my monthly favourites, after pretending September didn’t exist and skipping it completely. Truth is, our trip to Italy ...
My 10 best children books about feelings
Reading has a very important role in our family dynamics. I want to cultivate my kids’ love for books and I feel that starts from me and my ...
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Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter III
[this is the third part of our adoption story. Find part 1 here and part 2 here.] The wait to get our home-study approved seemed endless. After ...