Dan and I talked a lot this weekend about certain aspects of parenting that work much better when the parent knows him- or herself, when the parent can react to the child out of maturity, not out of anger. I’ll give a couple of examples. These happen to be (externally) good examples, but I wasn’t […]
The Paddling Mystery
First, a funny anecdote. We couldn’t figure out why Liliana tries to eat the bubbles in her bath. Only this morning we realized that she’s equating them with the cappuccino foam we give her. Who knew? On Friday, our translator advised us to buy airline tickets to Kiev, leaving Simferopol at 12:50 p.m. today, knowing […]
Child Abandonment & Abuse
I’m feeling much better. Just a little weak. Dan is worse. Since he’s been in bed for three days now, he can’t get comfortable, and sleep comes intermittently. In other words, he’s miserable. We can’t go to the orphanage yet another day. We’re disappointed, but it can’t be helped. I shut off parts of the […]