The Mother Ranch Blog

Some of you had asked what was going on with my daughter and her new transitional placement. I created this last week:

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After a tough week of RAD sadness, I wrote this. The more I see and read in the Reactive Attachment Disorder/RAD world, the angrier I am. I want people to know what's going on. I want them to see...

A member of our clan was killed this week.
She was a good mom,
an advocate for her children.

There is a clan of women
with abusive children,
hiding underground.
You don’t see our black eyes and...

She came into our home at 4 years old.
She was bright and sunny and funny and everyone who met her, loved her.
She crawled into friend's and family's and stranger’s laps grinning up at them,...

This week I realized the severity of caregiver burn out in my dad (he’s been in caregiver mode for a year, culminating in my mom’s massive back surgery a few weeks ago) and...

Love to all from the Mother Ranch,

Julia

If you want to make your own zine, here's a quick video on how to fold it from a sheet of printer paper!
 

This week a broken ankle AND foot and a new little "zine" (a tiny handmade magazine.) I follow someone making these awhile back and was taken with the idea so I thought I'd try it. Scroll down...

A few weeks ago (I wrote this pre-surgery) I was visiting my mom who seemed pretty down in the dumps. That's to be expected with cancer and a degenerative and debilitating back issue. Because of...

When my Mom went into the hospital for back surgery on Monday my life stopped. Literally. I didn't seem to be able to function. I sat and stared. I turned on the TV and stared.

She got there at...