Adoption Stories | Life In Motion

Julie Kavanagh

Oct 20, 20232 min read

Adopted Children - Change = Hell = Destroy or be Destroyed.

Adopted children. A place where change signals the arrival of terror and despair. Change = Hell = Destroy, or be Destroyed.

Julie Kavanagh

Jul 24, 20233 min read

I Banned The Word 'CAN'T': My Journey Through the Education System

39 years ago, aged 12, I made a decision that would shape my life forever—I banned the word CAN'T. Little did I know that this simple...

Julie Kavanagh

Jul 15, 20232 min read

There'll be no prom for my kids

There'll be no prom for my kids, and that's just fine

Julie Kavanagh

Jun 11, 20233 min read

"I hate presents, go away!!!"

"I hate presents, go away!!!" the child screams. "I hate you" when you bought them a new top. "Why would you buy me socks? I don't need...

Julie Kavanagh

Jun 11, 20233 min read

Life with Adopted Children: Unseen Struggles Behind the Normalcy

When people comment, "But they look so normal," in reference to adopted children, it reveals a common misconception about what these...

Life In Motion

May 18, 20231 min read

Want to know a little bit more about Adoption?

Julie Kavanagh, founder of Life In Motion, answers a few of the common questions she and her children get asked about Adoption and being...

Life In Motion

Apr 23, 20232 min read

Don't ask me for my baby photos...

Sharing Family History and Stories Lessons. When it comes to talking about adopted kids' family history in school, it's like walking on eggs

Julie Kavanagh

Apr 12, 20232 min read

Shh listen, can you hear it...? That's an adopted child speaking.

I love hearing about the wrongly assumed outrageous carrying on's from Adopted Teenagers. They speak their truth so clearly. I often...

Julie Kavanagh

Apr 10, 20232 min read

PREGNANCY AND BOOZE - FASD

What do you know about FASD? FASD – Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder is a lifelong Neurological complex disability caused to a child by a...