covid-19

Parenting while perpetually exhausted

I’ve been talking solely about the kids in this blog, but one of the things that affects them is me, and my health. So I’m going to talk about that today. I don’t think my story is unique. In fact I know it’s not. For a lot of women in particular, we struggle with chronicContinue reading “Parenting while perpetually exhausted”

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”

Covid Sucks

I can’t keep writing blog posts without talking about the elephant in the room: Covid-freaking-19. Ugh. It’s presented some unique challenges for us as foster parents and just plain as humans. For starters, it delayed my becoming an Attorney for the Child (AFC). After I resigned from my position as Of Counsel to my oldContinue reading “Covid Sucks”