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”
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It’s Official!
We are now parents of a teenager! We managed to spring her from her facility for the last time yesterday and she now lives with us. We picked her up, stuffed my vehicle with all of her belongings, and brought her home. She’s still in a room full of boxes but it’s officially her roomContinue reading “It’s Official!”
“Are they all… troubled?”
I went to the doctor yesterday for some routine blood work. As so often happens, I chatted with the nurse who was taking my blood pressure and pulse and in the course of conversation she asked if I have any children. I answered her that I’m a foster parent. She then asked me what agesContinue reading ““Are they all… troubled?””
Support Rocks
As y’all know, we’ve got a 16 year old who is slowly transitioning to our home. Right now she is spending weekends with us, with the goal of having her move in within the next month or so. She’s a fun kid, who loves Tiny and it’s mutual. She loves to pick up Tiny andContinue reading “Support Rocks”
Transporting the Fam
Right now, Seth has a teeny tiny Ford Fiesta ST. It can fit a car seat in the back and technically Kiddo can squeeze into the back seat too but that’s its maximum capacity and everyone is squooshed. I get claustrophobic in it. It’s teeeeeeny. So my vehicle is the one that we use toContinue reading “Transporting the Fam”
If I had a Magic Wand
One of my dear friends asked me what I would change about the foster care system if I had a magic wand. That is a very good question, and a hard one to answer in a blog that may be read by my agency! If I could *actually* have a magic wand, I would waiveContinue reading “If I had a Magic Wand”
Teen Update
Hip hip hooray! We get to spring our potential teen from her facility for the day on Saturday! No supervisors, not a zoom with lots of other people involved, just the 4 of us hanging at our house for the day. A real chance to see if we all like each other. This process hasContinue reading “Teen Update”
How Much Stuff do you Need to be a Foster Parent?
You need a room with a bed, a closet, and a dresser. That’s what the agency looks for and that’s how we started out. We had two room that had those basic accoutrements. However, once you’ve been doing this gig for a while you start to accumulate stuff. We started off with two twin beds.Continue reading “How Much Stuff do you Need to be a Foster Parent?”
Starfish
I’m sure you are all familiar with the starfish story. There are lots of versions of the it. Here’s one I like: One day, an old man was walking along a beach that was littered with thousands of starfish that had been washed ashore by the high tide during a storm. As he walked heContinue reading “Starfish”
Foster Care’s Unpredictability
Learning how to roll with foster care’s ups and downs is… well honestly not completely possible. I don’t think anyone can do it perfectly and if they can then I suspect they aren’t in foster care for the right reasons. When Kiddo had been with us for about a year, we were told by herContinue reading “Foster Care’s Unpredictability”
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