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 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 moreYES: A Letter
Dear one who has ever even for a second considered foster care or adoption: We chose this. Our world is wonderfully upside down by choice. Also, not so much by choice. Where we creaked open a door just a smidge to peak in, God swung it wide open. Of course, we could have said no….
Read moreThoughts with Koko-11/26/20 Our Journey
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 moreLessons from a Weary Season
Foster care has a way of completely flipping your world upside down…usually in just an instant. A phone call, an email, a simple text message can change your world. That is not easy to recover from. Last year our world was so rocked. It was a combination of big things and lots of little things….
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