So proud of my DD1!!

[Lilka]

This is an unashamedly braggy post, we all need one once in a while

Also if anyone else wants to brag about their wonderful kids (birth or adoptive) on this thread, please feel free to do so - we all love a good braggy thread once in a while

She:

1. As of today, 1 year since her last cigarette (she gave up when pg with DGD1 but then started again after the birth for a few months and then suddenly found the will to give up for good) Woo!!!

She had her very first sneaky cigarette when she was 10 by the way and had a few here and there after that, and started secretly smoking regularly when she was about 12 which made me feel like the biggest failure as a mum ever. Never managed to get her to stop, the older she got the more a day she got through. She stopped all on her own with her family cheering her every step of the way, and it's really hard if you start young so

1. She really wanted to write something about her life herself and after hearing someone at a toddler group railing against same sex marriage and adoption rights, she was absolutely determined to write something. So, she and I co-authored a blog post about her story and why 'gay adoption' is so vital for some kids. She wrote a lot of it herself and I'm so poriud of her because it takes so much guts, to even anonymously write about the thing she chose to write about. Would you read her writing? (Also, if you like it I think she's really appreciate nice comments, she was nervous about putting it up) - it's here

Any more braggers and achievements? :)

[Lilka]

Thanks so much everyone, and DD says thank you as well :)

[giraffesCantGoGuising]

Love it, have shared on fb

[Hels20]

I read this and I think it is amazing. Beautifully and expertly written

[holycowwhatnow]

This may sound stupid and not a good analogy but I remember when we started telling people we were adopting and many asked if we wanted a boy or a girl. I could never understand why people would think we'd have a preference. What's important isn't the sex of the child but the personality and the fit. It's kind of the same with parents. It's not the sex, it's the fit. Probably stupid but your blog got me thinking, Lilka. ( ANd have to add that now that we have a girl, I'm so so so glad to have a girl. I've found a whole new girlie girl in me that was buried somewhere )

Devora, your dd is a credit to you. Totally agree that kindness is the most important thing.

[flossymuldoon]

Wow. Just wow! Not surprised you are proud of what is clearly an amazing young woman.
Living proof that there is a perfect place in the world for all children in care. I am so glad you found each other!