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Q + A Day!! Ask me anything about Adoption!

June 13, 2017 Teresa Swanstrom Anderson

The kids are all at VBS (Vacation Bible School) this week so I'm sitting here sans kids from 9-4 every day. I know...WHAAAAT?!

I've wanted to do this sort of Q + A for awhile but never knew when I could be accessible all throughout the day to answer all the questions.

Until now. YAY!

Did you get a chance to look through the post I shared yesterday? It's chock-full of adoption joys and struggles from through the years.

Anyway, let's get to it!

Ask away!!!

Take Joy,

Teresa

In Adoption Tags adoption, q and a, q + a, family, questions
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Writer, speaker, and busy mama of six

2 biological & 4 from Ethiopia

I have a fervent eagerness to build a place where we can get filled up, when we feel like all we do is pour out.

I do my best to be real and honest about life, our struggles, and how God stretches me through (so many) mistakes along the way.

May this be a place of nourishment for an everyday, beautiful life.

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Happy Juneteenth! I still have so much to learn when it comes to Black history (and Ethiopian history, to tell you the truth). . I just shared this with our kids and Laith (10) is currently heading to the kitchen to create a dinner party to celebrate. Love that kid. @theriveterco #juneteenth
Yesterday SUUUUUCKED. Like y’all, it put me in a place where I wanted to just run off to the beaches of Mexico and never come back. Just when you think you’re getting somewhere with a kid, they do something so unbelievable that you wonder how you were ever qualified for this job of mom to kids with trauma (spoiler alert, no one is). . Here’s to hoping some sleep, coffee, breakfast, and sunshine turn it into a much (MUCH) better day. 😭 . If you’re having a rough week too, just know you’re not alone. And crying out to God is imperative.
How do you make new friends? Strangely enough, I’ve learned Instagram is one of THE most fun way to find my people. In fact, @christina_eclat found me through an #adoptionrocks hashtag. She has an Ethiopian son Ezekiel’s age and recently moved to Denver...we’ve become sisters in a town where we don’t actually have family. I’m so excited. I’m an introverted wallflower at heart. I really have to intentionally put myself out of my comfort zone and talk to new people. (In fact, in middle school, my mom said to me once, “Sweetheart, you’ll have more fun if you talk.” 😬🤷🏼‍♀️😂) . @ben_c_anderson and I go to a lot of fundraisers + events for his job, and each time we do, I force myself to not simply hover over the food table (anyone else do that?! 🙋🏼‍♀️). And sometimes when I DO step outside my comfort zone, I meet the most incredible women, with the most incredible stories. Women who who I truly hope to become lifelong friends with (looking at you @ashley_hadleydiamonds 🥰). . It doesn’t matter if they’re in the same season of life as you. They don’t need to be in the same neighborhood, or vote the same, or think the same as you. Yes the ladies in these photos are are darling caucasian girls and my pics from this fun event at @thejacquard don’t show much diversity. But some of my other favorite friends show various ethnicities, have socioeconomic differences, and even varying sexual preferences. If you’re a kind human, you’re my person. If you want to make our world a better place, I’m by your side. Jesus called us to love people. Period. What He DIDN’T say is only love people who believe what you believe + see things from your perspective. And I’m learning...more and more every day...what it looks like to simply embrace being me while stepping out of my introverted shell. I’m learning more and more every day how to care for + love the people Jesus has placed in my path. How are you loving people? How are you stepping outside your comfort zone and making new friends? Have you made any real-life friends via social media? Also...my precious @katprostudio I adore you so much. Thank you for pushing me to go pink + forcing me to not “live timid.”
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” (Billy Graham) There’s no way we could ever say it enough, Daddy and @ben_c_anderson ....you two are the most incredible dads on the planet (ok you too @erikswanstrom 😉) and we all love you so dearly. Happy Fathers Day!!
How often do you do overnight one-on-ones with your kids? 12 yr old Anton and I snuck out of the city and are spending the weekend in Winter Park together. I can’t remember the last time we’ve had an overnight...just the two of us...and we’re super excited. He’s on the Trestle mountain bike team so while he’s off with his coach racing down the mountain, I’m in the village working on my latest manuscript. It’s heaven. Pure heaven. Spending one-on-one time with our kids is harder to do, the more we have...but with intentionality, we make it work. Because memory making is so crazy important to us. I can’t wait till he’s done with his team today...because he’s really GOT to watch the doggie long-jump water competition going on 😉💕
What would you do if your husband forgot to tell you that you’re hosting 45 people from his office for a party at 11am...THE NIGHT BEFORE?!?! Asking for a friend. If this (hypothetically of course 🙄😂) happened to me, I’d drink a bunch of this yummy rose and thank the Lord above that its potluck style.

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Happy Juneteenth! I still have so much to learn when it comes to Black history (and Ethiopian history, to tell you the truth). . I just shared this with our kids and Laith (10) is currently heading to the kitchen to create a dinner party to celebrate. Love that kid. @theriveterco #juneteenth
Yesterday SUUUUUCKED. Like y’all, it put me in a place where I wanted to just run off to the beaches of Mexico and never come back. Just when you think you’re getting somewhere with a kid, they do something so unbelievable that you wonder how you were ever qualified for this job of mom to kids with trauma (spoiler alert, no one is). . Here’s to hoping some sleep, coffee, breakfast, and sunshine turn it into a much (MUCH) better day. 😭 . If you’re having a rough week too, just know you’re not alone. And crying out to God is imperative.
How do you make new friends? Strangely enough, I’ve learned Instagram is one of THE most fun way to find my people. In fact, @christina_eclat found me through an #adoptionrocks hashtag. She has an Ethiopian son Ezekiel’s age and recently moved to Denver...we’ve become sisters in a town where we don’t actually have family. I’m so excited. I’m an introverted wallflower at heart. I really have to intentionally put myself out of my comfort zone and talk to new people. (In fact, in middle school, my mom said to me once, “Sweetheart, you’ll have more fun if you talk.” 😬🤷🏼‍♀️😂) . @ben_c_anderson and I go to a lot of fundraisers + events for his job, and each time we do, I force myself to not simply hover over the food table (anyone else do that?! 🙋🏼‍♀️). And sometimes when I DO step outside my comfort zone, I meet the most incredible women, with the most incredible stories. Women who who I truly hope to become lifelong friends with (looking at you @ashley_hadleydiamonds 🥰). . It doesn’t matter if they’re in the same season of life as you. They don’t need to be in the same neighborhood, or vote the same, or think the same as you. Yes the ladies in these photos are are darling caucasian girls and my pics from this fun event at @thejacquard don’t show much diversity. But some of my other favorite friends show various ethnicities, have socioeconomic differences, and even varying sexual preferences. If you’re a kind human, you’re my person. If you want to make our world a better place, I’m by your side. Jesus called us to love people. Period. What He DIDN’T say is only love people who believe what you believe + see things from your perspective. And I’m learning...more and more every day...what it looks like to simply embrace being me while stepping out of my introverted shell. I’m learning more and more every day how to care for + love the people Jesus has placed in my path. How are you loving people? How are you stepping outside your comfort zone and making new friends? Have you made any real-life friends via social media? Also...my precious @katprostudio I adore you so much. Thank you for pushing me to go pink + forcing me to not “live timid.”
“A good father is one of the most unsung, unpraised, unnoticed, and yet one of the most valuable assets in our society.” (Billy Graham) There’s no way we could ever say it enough, Daddy and @ben_c_anderson ....you two are the most incredible dads on the planet (ok you too @erikswanstrom 😉) and we all love you so dearly. Happy Fathers Day!!
How often do you do overnight one-on-ones with your kids? 12 yr old Anton and I snuck out of the city and are spending the weekend in Winter Park together. I can’t remember the last time we’ve had an overnight...just the two of us...and we’re super excited. He’s on the Trestle mountain bike team so while he’s off with his coach racing down the mountain, I’m in the village working on my latest manuscript. It’s heaven. Pure heaven. Spending one-on-one time with our kids is harder to do, the more we have...but with intentionality, we make it work. Because memory making is so crazy important to us. I can’t wait till he’s done with his team today...because he’s really GOT to watch the doggie long-jump water competition going on 😉💕
What would you do if your husband forgot to tell you that you’re hosting 45 people from his office for a party at 11am...THE NIGHT BEFORE?!?! Asking for a friend. If this (hypothetically of course 🙄😂) happened to me, I’d drink a bunch of this yummy rose and thank the Lord above that its potluck style.

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