RAD parents
Before I was a Milly I was a Mom, which is usually how it goes. We have raised many children from some hard places. Most of the time we did have challenges, adjustment disorders, tantrums, rages.... all comes with the territory of healing. But healing is the operative word, over time, hearts healed and the children and us developed bonds. So when I call myself a RAD mom, I am not referring to the 80s rad...I am referring to a specific disorder Reactive Attachment Disorder. Something that we have dealt with for the past 15 years. It is far beyond the typical adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety that is to be expected in the course of an adoption. As even the best adoption begins with the traumatic event of being separated from a birth parent. The best way I can explain RAD's affect on a parent is a miscarriage of the heart. As I experienced an actual miscarriage, you carry a child and you dream and imagine all the things you will ...