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Could it be? Possibly? Maybe?

I woke up at 2:20 am, wide awake. You know the feeling. Thoughts about random nonsense marched through my brain like ants at my sleep picnic. I eventually got myself up and came downstairs for some guilty pleasure: HGTV. I shared the watching with a house centipede walking around my ceiling above me, keeping meContinue reading “Could it be? Possibly? Maybe?”

Alas! Foster care is unpredictable as can be!

The sweet babe we were expecting to come to us today? Yeaaaaah… not so fast. The judge, rightly so, decided to send her home to her parents instead. The county was planning to recommend she go home by the end of summer anyway, and the parents have been doing everything they need to do, soContinue reading “Alas! Foster care is unpredictable as can be!”

Never Say Never!

I swore we wouldn’t be taking any placements over the summer. Or any more long-term placements at all, in fact. But there are always “circumstances” that make hard rules a challenge. Late last summer we had a sweet, sweet baby placed with us for about a week. She was the cutest, most easy going, goodContinue reading “Never Say Never!”

27 phone calls and 10 emails later…

Sprout has been in need of a couple of new providers: physical therapy, and regular therapy. You’d think I’d be able to just pick up the phone and make a couple of calls and we’d be all set. But no, foster parent life ain’t that simple. The problems start with Sprout’s insurance. It’s Medicaid andContinue reading “27 phone calls and 10 emails later…”

Adding up the Fun Diagnoses

Yesterday I saw my gastroenterologist for the first time since he did my colonoscopy last August. It was an interesting appointment. It’s been an interesting ride at his practice. It’s been a series of issues in his office that has kept me from seeing the actual gastroenterologist for so long. His office cancelled and rescheduledContinue reading “Adding up the Fun Diagnoses”

The Great Clothing Purge

When we first became foster parents, Seth and I started a foster care clothing closet. We would just set aside clothing we got for our kids that they didn’t like, or that didn’t fit anymore. We figured it would make sense to hold onto all that clothing for future foster kids. We also got someContinue reading “The Great Clothing Purge”

Overwhelmed by the World’s Grief

The news right now is pretty grim. It always is but it seems exceptionally so right now. The worst parts for me are the stories that evidence discrimination, hatred, fear, and control: the racism-driven massacre at a grocery store in Buffalo, NY; anti-trans laws being proposed and passed across the country, especially those targeting kids;Continue reading “Overwhelmed by the World’s Grief”

Racism in Glaring Statistics

I’m in the midst of a three-day conference put together annually by Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York (AFFCNY). It’s so damn good. There’s so much good info in this conference, but this morning a set of statistics slapped me across the face. I’ve previously mentioned that Black kids are over represented inContinue reading “Racism in Glaring Statistics”