I talk and write about foster care and adoption frequently. This is the world I live in and I feel like people in our community do not often speak about our experiences. I feel I have been placed on planet Earth to be right here right now. My mission on this Earth was to have…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 11/22/20-Cotton Candy Skies
Life has been heavy lately. I love my job, but many days I feel like I’m a step or two behind. I absolutely hate feeling like I’m letting people down and at times I feel like I can’t keep up. I know that most of those feelings are self imposed and not from my peers….
Read moreQuitting Foster Care
If I admitted every single time I wanted to throw in the towel on being a foster parent, It would be insanely embarrassing. Simply put I know some people have the tolerance and patience of a saint and I am nothing like them. When a case is stagnant and it feels like no one cares that…
Read moreA note from November 2019
**This was written 11/14/2019. Ryan and I were in the midst of one of the hardest years of our lives from start to finish. I had not yet earned the title of “mom.” We had not yet felt the joy of adoption…and this time last year I didn’t think it was possible. November is national…
Read moreThoughts with Koko 11/1/20
I woke up today with a slight heaviness on my heart. I can’t quite put my finger on what exactly it is I’m worried about….everything I guess. It’s not super uncommon though. Foster parents spend so much time in a constant state of fear and anxiety. Foster care is beautiful and redeeming, but it is…
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