<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1758160/open_sms">Send us a text</a>Sherrie Eldridge introduces herself as a veteran adoptee and adoption author, but enthusiastically invites adoptive, birth, foster, step parents and her fellow adoptees to join her in discovering wonderful new research and experience in the world of adoption: 1. The child's brain records parental acts of love even though child's level of receptivity is low. 2. Parents can be assured through brain research that their acts of love won't be forgotten. 3. Adoptees can be free from their painful past and parents can be free from their painful self (I will never be able to meet the needs of my child). Sherrie shares future content: 1. Chapters from her upcoming book 2. Trauma experts will share insights from research 3. Ideas about getting older The closing thought is a promise from the Bible that God will carry you in your old age. Sherrie then shares her story about lessons she learned about age from the foxglove plant. Sign up: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1758160/8810553 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

Send us a text Sherrie Eldridge introduces herself as a veteran adoptee and adoption author, but enthusiastically invites adoptive, birth, foster, step parents and her fellow adoptees to join her in discovering wonderful new research and experience in the world of adoption: 1. The child's brain records parental acts of love even though child's level of receptivity is low. 2. Parents can be assured through brain research that their acts of love won't be forgotten. 3. Adoptees can be free from their painful past and parents can be free from their painful self (I will never be able to meet the needs of my child). Sherrie shares future content: 1. Chapters from her upcoming book 2. Trauma experts will share insights from research 3. Ideas about getting older The closing thought is a promise from the Bible that God will carry you in your old age. Sherrie then shares her story about lessons she learned about age from the foxglove plant. Sign up: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1758160/8810553 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/1758160/open_sms" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us a text</a>Sherrie Eldridge introduces herself as a veteran adoptee and adoption author, but enthusiastically invites adoptive, birth, foster, step parents and her fellow adoptees to join her in discovering wonderful new research and experience in the world of adoption: 1. The child's brain records parental acts of love even though child's level of receptivity is low. 2. Parents can be assured through brain research that their acts of love won't be forgotten. 3. Adoptees can be free from their painful past and parents can be free from their painful self (I will never be able to meet the needs of my child). Sherrie shares future content: 1. Chapters from her upcoming book 2. Trauma experts will share insights from research 3. Ideas about getting older The closing thought is a promise from the Bible that God will carry you in your old age. Sherrie then shares her story about lessons she learned about age from the foxglove plant. Sign up: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1758160/8810553 All Rights Reserved. @sherrieeldridge

Good News for the World of Adoption!

Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, like climbing Everest without ropes. She's so self-doubting that she almost always concludes that she doesn't have what it takes to parent her child. Truth be known, she looks over the cliffs of depression more times than she'd care to admit.<ul><li>I’m a loser mom.</li><li>I can’t self-regulate, let alone teach my child to do the same.</li><li>I can’t attach with my child...and I never will have it.</li><li>I am inept as a mom.</li><li>I can’t even decide whether to have a peanut butter sandwich.</li><li>I’m a mess.</li><li>I don’t have what it takes.</li><li>I’m a lousy mom.</li><li>I hate myself.</li><li>I’ll never be able to meet my child’s need for mothering.</li></ul>&nbsp;The good news is that the dream can be reshaped, and in that painful space, God does His most sacred work by meeting us in our brokenness, holding our hearts, and gently replanting hope. &nbsp; Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and updates about my upcoming book.&nbsp;

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Many adoptive, foster, stepmoms, and grandmothers are suffering in silence. No one in the world of adoption is giving them the tools for recovery. No one is teaching them how to handle adoptee pushback and rejection. No one is wrapping arms around them and praying when all they can do is cry. When moms realize the unknown depth of their child’s trauma, a common reaction is self-doubt. If she doesn’t know what happened, how can she find words to help her child process it? It’s terrifying, like climbing Everest without ropes. She's so self-doubting that she almost always concludes that she doesn't have what it takes to parent her child. Truth be known, she looks over the cliffs of depression more times than she'd care to admit.I’m a loser mom.I can’t self-regulate, let alone teach my child to do the same.I can’t attach with my child...and I never will have it.I am inept as a mom.I can’t even decide whether to have a peanut butter sandwich.I’m a mess.I don’t have what it takes.I’m a lousy mom.I hate myself.I’ll never be able to meet my child’s need for mothering.  The good news is that the dream can be reshaped, and in that painful space, God does His most sacred work by meeting us in our brokenness, holding our hearts, and gently replanting hope.   Stay tuned for upcoming podcasts and updates about my upcoming book. 

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