We gave our notice about a month ago and are no longer licensed foster parents. While our journey around foster care and adoption is not over, it is taking a different path. I am certainly not an expert and I don’t have any easy answers. I do hope that some of our experiences in fostering…
Read moreA tale about trauma
We have almost been licensed foster parents for three years. Eight long term placements have been through our home and a ton more respite and shorter term kids have been through as well. The ages we have welcomed home for any length have been aged newborn-13 years old. Most, if not all, have come from…
Read moreThoughts with Koko-1/5/2021
On the morning of January 6th, 2019, I was a parent to three children. Going to bed that night, we had one child in our home. I still can’t….won’t….discuss the full events. It is still so painful and hard to think about. We believed that would be our family. We had two beautiful girls and…
Read moreGotcha Day 10/19/18
Two years ago tomorrow (10/19/18), I was in our bedroom folding a mountain of laundry. The twins were at school and Ryan was working. It was a Friday. I was trying to finish up some tasks because that afternoon, we were having an 8 year old respite friend come for the weekend. Our family was…
Read moreTo everyone who has judged me…you are right
I’m a pretty open person when I get to know people. I am passionate about foster care and adoption. I am passionate about my kids and all foster children. I’m passionate about giving a face to foster care, even if that “face” is my family to some small degree. I think it is important to…
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