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)
Steubenville - One Mother's Thoughts
The events in Steubenville have my mother-heart aching and my mother-mind seething.
Jane Samuel: MavenMama
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Over
It is all over and I am tired. Dead tired – though given the circumstances I feel funny using that word – dead.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
How Do I Speak
Writing my mother's Eulogy was no easy task, but it was in the end rewarding
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
In the Shadow of Death
Facing the death of a parent is never easier, but watching them suffer feels like the scariest to me lately.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
My Inner Child Weeps
The events of the past two weeks – the shootings in Connecticut, the halting of all US adoptions from Russia, including several in the very final stages – have cut me to the core. And in doing so have released...
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
'Tis the Season: What Matters Most
Deciding what to cut out of my busy schedule this Holiday season was difficult until I looked inwardly.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Why I have clean closets
Sometimes in the midst of parenting you need a little instant gratification of your work; a little control back into your life. At times like those I clean a closet or two.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Fired!
I was almost fired from my job last week, and for a moment I liked the idea - a lot.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
National Adoption Month - Paying it Forward
In honor of National Adoption Month and Adoptive parents everywhere I share my short list of resources.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
Divorce through the Eyes of a Child
Out of the mouths of babes – Sometimes they can teach us much if we listen.
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JANE SAMUEL: MAVENMAMA
She's a Big Girl Now
Recognizing that our eldest is in charge of her destiny is not always easy.
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