It’s a slightly quieter house now in that baby Cookie has gone home to live with his relative. She’s over the moon to have him, and he’s a content little guy with all the holding and doting that’s going on. So it’s a happy ending in my book! It almost didn’t happen, because the relativeContinue reading “It’s never uncomplicated in foster care”
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Adoptee Voices
I do a LOT of reading and listening and watching about foster care and adoption. I follow blogs, I listen to podcasts and books, and when I spend time on TikTok, I’m just as likely to be watching videos posted by foster parents or adoptees as I am to be watching silly cat videos. IContinue reading “Adoptee Voices”
Christmas tidings!
Christmas is always a strange holiday for foster families. Depending on where kids are on their reunification journeys, often our kids have had visits with first families on Christmas, which we’ve always encouraged and facilitated. This year that’s not the case as Sprout’s family doesn’t celebrate Christmas in any significant way (they’re Muslim), and they’reContinue reading “Christmas tidings!”
Relationships with Parents of our kids
Generally speaking, we’ve had good relationships with the parents of the kids in our care, or at least with the Moms who are doing the hard work to get their kids back. Dads have been hit or miss but the ones who have been engaged in services and visits we’ve had a good working relationshipContinue reading “Relationships with Parents of our kids”
A day in the life of a foster parent
5:30 am, Tiny toddles into our bedroom and asks for a hug. Seth and I peel our eyes open. 6:00 am, Dude man starts fussing in his crib. Baths, getting kids dressed, breakfast follow. 7:30 am, Seth takes the kids to daycare. Forgets Tiny’s glasses and mask. 8:30 am, our amazing daycare provider calls toContinue reading “A day in the life of a foster parent”
An interview of my partner in crime
I decided to follow the lead of my dear friend Emily whose awesome blog involves interviewing people. I’ll never get my husband to do his own guest post, so I decided to interview him. Here he is in all his glory, the man, the myth, the legend: Seth. H: I think I know the answerContinue reading “An interview of my partner in crime”
Post Visit Fallout
I haven’t written a whole lot about visits and what happens during them or after them and it’s an important part of being a foster parent. Kids in foster care still have visits with their families. Those visits can look a lot of different ways. For some families they’re supervised at the Department of ChildrenContinue reading “Post Visit Fallout”
Mother’s Day Blahs
I have to be honest: I kind of hate Mother’s Day. It’s not really a day for me. I’m a foster mom, but am I really a “Mom”? I care for children who aren’t my own 365 days a year. I wipe butts and take care of them when they’re sick. I bathe them andContinue reading “Mother’s Day Blahs”
When parents let kids down
Today Tiny had a visit scheduled with her Mama. It’s her standard visit – every other Friday at 1 o’clock. At a meeting last week we discussed the visit with her Mom so she definitely knew about it. Yet today, something went wrong, and Mom didn’t show up for the visit. There could be aContinue reading “When parents let kids down”
Transracial Adoption Worries
As much as I say I want to adopt a child someday, I am really struggling around Tiny’s future right now. It’s unclear whether she will get to go home or not. Ultimately the decision on whether she goes home is not up to us. Not even a little bit. But I’m living with theContinue reading “Transracial Adoption Worries”
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