{"id":13224,"date":"2016-03-14T19:44:29","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T03:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13224"},"modified":"2016-03-15T06:32:12","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:32:12","slug":"reintroduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13224","title":{"rendered":"Reintroduction&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a lot of changes in our life &#8211; some of our choosing and some not. One thing I&#8217;m choosing to change is I want to start blogging and reconnecting with other bloggers again. \u00c2\u00a0I want to write more about what we&#8217;ve been learning about life after adoption, fasd, rad, raising traumatized children, grief and loss and more! \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;m tired of being isolated and alone. I want to use the things we&#8217;ve been living through to help others who are walking in those valleys now!<\/p>\n<p>So, if you are new here, let me introduce myself and my family. I&#8217;m Amy. I&#8217;ve worn many hats over the years, daughter, sister, wife, infertile, employee, boss, pastor&#8217;s wife, ministry leader, foster parent, adoptive parent, mourner, student, cub scout leader, boy scout volunteer, homeschooler, SAHM, WAHM, and more! \u00c2\u00a0I&#8217;ve been sharing here since 2002. We&#8217;ve adopted 4 kids who are now 21, 19, 15 and 8. We also had a surprise pregnancy but our son, Josh, died in Feb 2003. He was 9 mos old.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been married almost 29 years. Neither of us are perfect but we are committed and both of us realize we are better together!<\/p>\n<p>I hope to hear from a few of you &#8211; whomever you are &#8211; and make some new friends! 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Tomorrow I have laundry - home school - work - chauffeuring boys to scouts - prepare three meals - knit night - and wait for a phone call. Wednesday I have laundry\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adoption&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":742,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=742","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":1},"title":"October 1st","date":"October 1, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's October 1st. And, I feel a bit apprehensive. Regardless of exact dates, SOMETIME this month we will get more details about the baby girl. I'm eagerly anticipating ANY contact, any information. I'm pretty distracted by it. Which, of course, means that I've got one of the busiest weeks before\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adoption&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2704,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=2704","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":2},"title":"Foster Podcast Interview","date":"September 9, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Last month I was interviewed by Wendy of the Foster Parenting Podcast.\u00c2\u00a0 Today it was released and you can listen to it via iTunes or their website: http:\/\/fosterpodcast.com\/episode-70-interview-adoptive-parent-amy I hope it is a blessing to other families who consider adopting via the foster care system. It's a bit scary to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adoption&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13255,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=13255","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":3},"title":"Starting over?","date":"March 25, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm feeling so isolated again. \u00c2\u00a0The adoptive parents support group we've been attending is probably going to be disbanded due to lack of attendance. We (my husband and I) have been super faithful, but we are the only ones. I can't go back. I can't be alone again. My husband\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adoption&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10125,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10125","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":4},"title":"Book recommendation for Adoptive Parents","date":"April 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night I was reading the Urban Servant blog, and she recommended a book. \u00c2\u00a0I instantly \u00c2\u00a0bought it! Yes, seriously. I've been so encouraged to keep doing what we are doing after finding Urban Servant's blog. \u00c2\u00a0So, when she said that this was the book she could have written and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Adoption&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/51AWg9S6KWL._BO2204203200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-clickTopRight35-76_SX285_SY380_CR00285380_SH20_OU01_.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1325,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1325","url_meta":{"origin":13224,"position":5},"title":"Do you smell smoke?","date":"August 21, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"That would be my brain short-circuiting!\u00c2\u00a0 Moving is NO fun!\u00c2\u00a0 And, in case I ever start to think I want to do this again - I give you all permission to come here and give me a good 'talking to'! So, what's new?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, what isn't!\u00c2\u00a0 My mind is so\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family Life&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13224"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13233,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13224\/revisions\/13233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}