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 ...
our adoption story
expats, finland, india adoption
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 ...
New Delhi with kids
The new rules for adopting from India allow parents to apply for the exit vista from New Delhi, where most embassies also are. This means that ...
india, india adoption, parenting
Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter II
(this is the second part of our adoption story. Find part 1 here) When we finally started the adoption counselling phase in May 2014, we ...
finland, india adoption, multicultural families
Adoption in Finland: our story, chapter I
Here I am, about to talk about one of the most personal and important parts of my, our, life. I thought for weeks if I wanted to and I finally ...
Adoption baby blues: it’s a thing
I struggle to write this post, as it feels so terribly personal and we are just getting out of the woods. However, other people’s stories ...
Our unforgivable weaknesses
Today has been a long day. One of those days you know will be hard from the very start. A day starting with a toddler’s finger stinging my ...
adoption, health, life, parenting
Sleep issues with our adopted child and how we overcame them
We never had easy sleepers and our adopted son was challenging. Here's our story, including how we faced his sleep issues.