Have you ever purchased something that required assembly to use? I am TERRIBLE at assembly. My coat rack that leans slightly to the left is a great example why. When it was first purchased, I opened the box and looked for the directions. It had pictures and seemed fairly simple. I was very optimistic that…
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 moreThoughts with Koko-1/1/21
About two weeks before Christmas, I received a text message from a friend I haven’t talked to in a few months. We live several hours apart now so we rarely see each other, but we do talk and catch up when life slows down a bit. My friend is still a newlywed and was very…
Read moreAdoption at Christmas
In the grand scheme of things, nine months isn’t terribly long. That is how long we have been Tripp’s parents. His first Christmas with us he was 2.5 months old. He was still our foster son. Last Christmas, he was one years old and technically he was a ward of the state. This Christmas, at…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 12/17/20-Settle in
Sometimes I allow myself to escape from the reality of foster care. I try to forget that he belongs to someone else. I try to forget about my need to plan for the future. I try to forget about the court date last week that we are still waiting to hear the ruling for. I…
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