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When you want to have the words but you don't right then...
I'm just sitting here writing to write. To see what will fall out of my tangled brain. To try and make sense of myself, how I feel, and...
Lauren Flynn
May 12, 20244 min read
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Even in the darkness...there is still hope.
Conversations around aging out of foster care often have the feel of an anonymous tragedy. Statistics are quoted, everyone agrees that...
Lauren Flynn
Jan 29, 20224 min read
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Birthday blog post: On unfolding lessons
Put on your own oxygen mask first. Self care Sunday! You can't pour from an empty cup. We hear these things so often, it seems like the...
Lauren Flynn
Jan 3, 20224 min read
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To the first mothers I never got to know
We are lucky to be in contact with many biological relatives for our three sweet boys, but for two of our sons, there is little to no...
Lauren Flynn
Sep 20, 20214 min read
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On anxious attachment
I've spent my whole motherhood existence supporting beloved children through attachment challenges. It's what I'm used to and I feel like...
Lauren Flynn
Aug 1, 20217 min read
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Travel + trauma + disabilities = still a damn good time.
I don't know what type of parent you are (although if you love your kids and continually do your best for them then I pronounce you a...
Lauren Flynn
Jul 18, 20216 min read
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On National Reunification Month
Hang in there, the beginning is a little dry/informational but it's SHIT YOU NEED TO KNOW! Lots of foster parents and adoptive parents...
Lauren Flynn
Jun 7, 20212 min read
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A (very blunt, very unfiltered) list of what you need to know as a new foster parent:
If you are new to foster parenting or you're considering that path, this is for you. I hope you read it, but more than that, I hope that...
Lauren Flynn
May 3, 20217 min read
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Now you know (On autism diagnosis)
So now you know. After weeks or months or probably years of knowing in the secret place in a parent's heart that KNOWS, now you know...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 19, 20213 min read
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Unexpected: Post-Adoption Autism Diagnosis
The Mama in this blog interview is a friend of mine. We connected over the fact that we are both raising Asian American adoptees who are...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 12, 20216 min read
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On adopting autistic kids (I see you)
I see you, your tiny body perched on top of the kitchen table, some small object (a lanyard, a toy spatula, a dangly piece of string)...
Lauren Flynn
Apr 4, 20216 min read
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The Orton Family: On celebrating adoptees with CP
The following story was told to me by Becky Orton, a mom via many routes, who is raising two incredible sons with cerebral palsy. Image...
Lauren Flynn
Mar 29, 20214 min read
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On fostering while single
It's spring break of 2016, and I'm finally about to get some time to myself after working and solo foster-momming every minute of every...
Lauren Flynn
Mar 22, 20216 min read
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Women with Cerebral Palsy: Learning from those who live it
For Cerebral Palsy Awareness Month, I got to reconnect with two former high school students of mine, now young women: Tamara is a college...
Lauren Flynn
Mar 16, 20213 min read
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Don't you wish he could talk?
But don't you wish he could talk so that he could communicate his thoughts and feelings and like...what's on his mind? What a question....
Lauren Flynn
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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Teens: Un-adoptable and hard to place?
My son glances over at me, triggered and nervous, as we pull our masks over our faces and walk towards the entrance of the doctor's...
Lauren Flynn
Feb 15, 20215 min read
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My Morning Routine
This is a snapshot of a summer morning, during the summer of 2020, when my youngest babe was a new arrival to our family :) A real messy,...
Lauren Flynn
Feb 8, 20214 min read
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Surviving a Childhood in Foster Care: Melanie's Story, Part 2
If you didn't read Part 1 of Melanie's story yet, click here. Melanie is a former foster child (and current badass) who generously shared...
Lauren Flynn
Jan 31, 20218 min read
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Photo-listing and viral videos: Semi-effective (but I wish we didn't need them)
Last year, a video filmed by a Children's services department in Oklahoma went viral. In the video, a blond, blue eyed nine year old boy...
Lauren Flynn
Jan 24, 20216 min read
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Timeline
I'm lucky enough to have befriended some awesome people recently who are getting licensed as foster parents. I remember those days. The...
Lauren Flynn
Jan 19, 20215 min read
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