Q&A #38

We are so there. What I want to know is, why are tears such a necessary part of this process?
I think it's a little bit of letting go... letting go of our plans, a little bit of our pride (because we thought we had it all together), and I believe that tears are necessary to cleanse the soul.

With your insurance can you see any doctor that you wish? Did the military provide any expenses for your stay in Philly or for your trips to Cincinnati?
Well sort of... Of course the doctor has to accept TriCare (our insurance) and then it depends on how close you live to a Military base. In our case, we are SUPPOSED to go to doctors at Fort Campbell. However, after they almost killed Kennedy (the second time) we got a waiver for all the kids to be seen by a civilian provider. We have a regular ped now and LOVE her! I still have to go to Post, but I so rarely go to the doctor, it doesn't really matter. They did not pay for any expenses for Cincinnati or Philly. Since I didn't get approved to take Kennedy to Shriner's, they wouldn't cover any of that anyway. I'm not sure about Cincinnati. I never asked.

I've been lurking on your blog for some time and so happy to hear people are using the resources Military OneSource provides (I work for them)! You do have to log your military branch to get to the DVD (and you do get both together). Here's the link to the actual order page (hope it works!)
Thank you! The link worked!!! And thanks for de-lurking! :)

Soooo, what's the plan for Kindy? ;)
hahaha PLANS are for her to go to a typical Kindergarten class and my PREFERENCE is that she gets Kameron's Kindy teacher. Of course the principal won't allow parent requests so I'll have some fighting to do through the school system. I'll keep you posted on how it goes :).

Good luck! Actually, I might have to enter this one, too. Kayla has discovered Groovy Girls! Although she just likes to dangle them (they are so wonderfully dangly!) but it's a start.
Kennedy loved to dangle them too, at first! And her love came from watching Christina's daughter, Kallie, dangling them! LOL Someone sent her a poseable one and it frustrated her because their legs didn't dangle! haha We also taught her all the action verbs with Groovy Girls. (Run, jump, dance, fly, walk, sit, sleep, etc etc etc LOL)

I am a huge Nicholas Sparks fan. Have you read his latest "Dear John" or "The Choice"? Those were good, too. Of couse, my favorite was "The Rescue". Have you read any of Lolly Winston's books? I read, "Good Grief" and "Happiness Sold Separately". I think those are all she has written to date but I happened upon her and liked her. I will have to try Karen Kingsbury sometime.
I have read Dear John and The Choice! They are both GREAT!!!! I haven't read The Rescue yet. I've never heard of Lolly Winston! I'll have to check her out. DO check out Karen Kingsbury! She is a great Christian author! I'm almost done with the book I just started the other day! LOL

Sorry your holiday plans have changed. Are you going to be attempting to cook Thanksgiving dinner now?
ME?! Cook a TURKEY?! hahahahahahaha Funny. NO I will make my cranberries and my broccoli casserole, which are the two things I make every year. Everything else is up to my mom. We want to enjoy our food! LOL

Your kids just get off on Wed-fri? oh didn't they get a fall break too?
Yes and yes. They had a week off in October, though I personally would rather have them have no Fall Break and get all of this week off.

How's the potty training going with Kennedy anyways? You haven't updated much so I figured it must be going along pretty well.
Actually I haven't updated because I was frustrated! LOL She's doing great at home, as long as there are no panties on her. Put anything against her butt and she pees. I need to get serious about it QUICKLY.

My daughter has been whining for 3 years. Does it get better???
I'm pretty sure it doesn't. I'm 29 and I still whine. LOL

You can always send him to potty training boot camp at the Porter house.
Ahem. You would offer this when you're out of the state! LOL I'll be dropping him off soon. When do you get home? We'll meet you there!

Can I "borrow" this poem? Did you write this? I love it!!
Absolutely! No I didn't write it, it's been around forever! :)

I like the poem. But as someone who has built a family through adoption, I have problems with the "saving" part. I didn't adopt my children to save them. Which could imply that they should be grateful for what I did. Adoption was the appropriate way for me to build a family. They were adopted so we could be a family. ALL children deserve to be loved and cared for.
Janet, you're right, all children do deserve to be loved and cared for, but when I think of all the kids on Reece's Rainbow, I first of course think they need to be loved, but I also think they need to be saved... in their case, saved from life in an institution... from a death sentence. Do they need to be grateful for what their adoptive parents did, well I think in a way, most kids are, right? Not that the kids OWE them anything, but I can't imagine a child who knows they're adopted NOT being grateful... thankful, whatever. Now I don't think adoptive parents should say, "You have to be grateful!" LOL (Of course I know biological parents who say that! haha) I don't know, the "saved" part just doesn't bother me, but I've never adopted, so maybe I would feel differently. Thanks for posting though, it gives me something to think about :).

Will you share the broccoli recipe? I want to make something different this year and it sounds yummy!
OK! Here it is!

1 stick of butter
1 medium white onion
1 can of cream of chicken soup
1 bag frozen broccoli florets
1 large jar of cheese wiz
1 box of white rice
milk

Cook the rice (I use the boil in bag rice). At the same time, in a large skillet, saute the onions in the butter, add the broccoli and simmer for 5 minutes, add the cheese wiz and soup, then fill the soup can 1/2 full with milk and add to skillet. Simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in the rice, put mixture into casserole dish and bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

(This is why I don't cook, nothing is exact! LOL)

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