Jane Samuel: MavenMama
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Jane Samuel: MavenMama
I am married and the mother of three girls. Formerly an attorney I put my legal career on hold in 2003 when we adopted our youngest child from China. Since then I have been actively pursuing what I like to refer to as my "PhD in parenting", with sub-specialties in international adoption and special needs parenting. In between carpool runs, therapy appointments and volunteer work, I write about life. Most recently my work has appeared in From Home to Homeland, an anthology on returning to China with your adoptive child (Yeong & Yeong Book Company 2009 available on Amazon) and in Our Own - Stories Celebrating Adoptive Families (Touch Adoptive Services, 2010)
Chores and Children
I had a discussion with my youngest this morning in carpool about the fact that we all make mistakes and the important thing is to learn from them. So today I am looking forward to some learning on my part.
Jane Samuel: MavenMama
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
May 1st: National Candidate Reply Deadline
Life with college enrollment commitments, housing contracts and food plans
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
So Far Away: College Decisions
Untying my first one’s apron strings might just about undo me, or at least make me an old sap for sad songs.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Parenting Our Parents: My Uninvited Guest
Facing the dying process and recognizing the gifts it can leave behind.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
The Fears of a Nine-Year-Old: When Reality Sets In
When our kids begin to learn the dangers that could beset them, or family, and how I learned to deal with them.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
OTC Drugs and Our Kids
What I learned about Advil, Aleve and similar OTC medications might make you pause before you hand it to your child next time.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Reclaiming my Energy
What I learned at the hands of my massage therapist has been both an eye – and soul – opener.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Dancing with Death
It took a trip away from my daily grind to see that life with my aging mother had become a dance between her, me and an unwanted partner: Death.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Being a Martha
A recent encounter with my brother reminded me the virtues of being a "Mary" not a "Martha". Lk 10:32-38
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Practicing What I Preach
What I realized on a cold morning in Chicago about my own "plans" for my oldest daughter.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Auditioning for Life
Our first child is in the throes of the college admission process and it has given me pause for a reason I could not have imagined.
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