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An Evening Tale

Posted on 18 April 2016 by Pedalling Solo

Our tale this evening is but a series of happenings. We walked home from school, which was, he tells me, great. There were lots of smiles. His favourite bit of learning was maths. We remained hand in gentle hand all the way. … Continue reading →

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Understanding your productivity & motivation: A self-assessment questionnaire for prospective adopters

Posted on 8 January 2016 by Pedalling Solo

One is encouraged, as a prospective adopter, to carry out much research. Understand your relationship/fertility history, revisit your own traumas, talk through your childhood – yep, absolutely. Get lots of experience with children – indeed. Attachment disorders, ASD, developmental trauma – crikey, … Continue reading →

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Thinking about … National Adoption Week

Posted on 23 October 2015 by Pedalling Solo

So I’m going to try and blog on National Adoption Week. This might be quite hard as my thoughts are anything but resolved. But I shall try nonetheless. Thank you for bearing with me. From where I’m sitting it’s been pretty … Continue reading →

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Welcome to a new world …

Posted on 21 October 2015 by Pedalling Solo

Good morning Blogger Universe! Anyone who remembers my previous blogging existence may recall it was characterised by periods of verbal diarrhoea interspersed with eerie silences; outpourings of emotionally charged downloading sitting cheek by jowl with confused ponderings on the slightly bizarre nature of blogging … Continue reading →

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Looking back: my adoption journey so far through the Pedalling Solo lens

Posted on 30 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

I’ve been officially on my adoption journey for over a year now – not counting the years of thinking about it before I officially picked up the phone for the first time – and I’ve been blogging about it on and … Continue reading →

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I am so very lucky.

Posted on 28 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

Earlier this week an acquaintance who I know locally was at the same meeting as me. A little group of us were stacking chairs and collecting bags and coats afterwards, and a couple asked me – as people are prone … Continue reading →

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“Before I Arrive”

Posted on 27 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

I’m a bit of a bookworm. I’ve always been delighted with any excuse at all to buy books! As a result as I’ve gone through the many months of my adoption journey I’ve slowly accumulated quite a few piles of … Continue reading →

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Facing the fear and calling it hope

Posted on 24 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

Today has been one of those days when you start early, the saving grace being that you know you’ll get to leave work early to compensate and see some benefit for your early start … and then actually you don’t … Continue reading →

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Sometimes it is right to be angry

Posted on 21 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

A short time ago I flicked through from my Twitter feed to this article from ITV news: “Growing number of parents flee to Ireland over forced adoption fears“. After reading I retweeted the original link from @theonehandman adding “ouch” to the retweet: I … Continue reading →

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Social media: life through a screen

Posted on 21 November 2014 by Pedalling Solo

A few days ago I wrote a short paean to Twitter. Today I’ve been involved in quite a lengthy and thoughtful discussion about social media in general, including dangers and worries and safety issues, the questions it raises for Foster … Continue reading →

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