The help monster invaded our house about six months ago. At first I didn’t realize it had body snatched my four-year-old child. It started off so innocent, so sweet. “Mommy, I helpa you.” “What?” Craig reached his arm out and pointed to the laundry I was stuffing into the washing machine. “Oh, sure.” I handed [...]
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Becoming Craig’s mother
Note: Originally published in Adoptive Families Magazine, March 2005. Revived for Mother’s Day and this week’s Mother of Confusion newspaper blog-column. Would he love me? This time last year, while waiting for my son to be born, I worried that he wouldn’t return my love. I was certain that when he was a toddler he [...]
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