Weekly Adoption Shout Out #WASO Week 17

That time of the week already – it’s the Weekly Adoption Shout Out!

Last week the theme was ‘the early days’ and we had some great posts on that. We also had lots of posts that weren’t related to the theme – so be sure to stop by here and have a read through them. Make sure you leave a comment and let them know you found them through the Weekly Adoption Shout Out or #WASO.

There is no theme this week, but next week we’ll be inviting you to link-up posts about 'Treasured Moments'.
In the meantime, please link-up any blog posts relating to adoption, whether you are an adoptee, a prospective adoptive parent, an adoptive parent or a professional working in adoption.
Remember, all posts that are linked should be related to adoption in some way, but you don’t have to be involved in adoption to read the wonderful blogs that link-up – if you know someone who is considering adoption, or want to support a friend who is adopted, or understand more about what other parents go through, then have a read and share this page with your friends.

We try to read and share as many of the posts as we can throughout the week, you can help by sharing your favourites on Twitter Tweet #WASO, Facebook or your own website or blog. If you want to include a badge on your blog to show your support then here’s the code:
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The nightmares...

Tonight I put Mini to bed at his usual time...it took a while because he gets so scared about the nightmares. I came down and started writing this piece. Lo and behold, an hour later, Mini has joined me because he can't/won't sleep.

The Nightmares

Nightmares rain down on him every night.
He never drifts off, it's always a fight.

"I can't close my eyes mummy, that's when they come"
So fearful of demons and killers and scum.

Out come excuses for departing from bed.
A wee? A drink? Something funny a friend said...

He lay with his eyes open, staring and wide,
That keeps out the nightmares, they can't come inside.

His body is tense and his heart beats fast.
He wonders and worries about tonight's cast.

Who will it be? Witches or wolves?
Or the man in the hat who stands oh so tall?

Eventually though his eyes betray him.
They close, and rest consumes every limb.

He wakes so often, with cries and with shrieks.
Sometimes the same dream can go on for weeks.

Witches, the man, wolves and a killer,
Mummy and Daddy get eaten for dinner.

It all ends in loss, always the main theme.
It creeps into sleep, taking over the dream.

I hope these soon leave him, he'll rest without fear.
But for now, through the nightmares, we'll hold him near.

Linking up with this week's 'Prose for Thought'

The early days

In the early days, as husband and wife:
We planned.
We saved.
We moved house.
We worked.
We had fun.

In the early days, as prospective adoptive parents:
We learnt.
We read.
We fretted.
We prepared.
We waited.

In the early days, as parents:
We changed.
We panicked.
We cried.
We laughed.
We fell in love.

Now, as a family:
We love. We laugh. We cry. We learn. We fail. We succeed. We move forward.

Weekly Adoption Shout Out #WASO Week 16

This week has gone very quickly and here we are again at Friday and it’s The Weekly Adoption Shout Out. Plenty of people joined in again last week and we had some great posts. Remember if you know someone else who blogs about adoption to let them know about #WASO and invite them to join in. It’s good to have new blogs to read as well as all our wonderful regulars.

The theme this week is “The Early Days” and we look forward to reading your interpretations of this. It’s interesting the way the themes are often perceived differently by you all, providing lots of diverse reading. There is no need to write about the theme, it will always be optional, you can link up any posts your written this week.

The link up is on both The Puffin Diaries and The Boys Behaviour, you need only add your post on one of these sites but it will still appear on both.

Please come and visit our Facebook page where we are sharing your posts and other WASO snippets so please hop over and LIKE us and join in.

It would be great if you could visit some of the other blogs that link up and please let them know who you are, and how you found them, you can even share your favourites on twitter or tweet your own post with the hashtag #WASO, we will try and share as many as possible too.