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 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 moreIn the Waiting.
Did you know that between the end of the old testament to the beginning of the new testament nearly 400 years pass? For you and I, a simple turn of the page spans four centuries. Believers had been waiting several generations for the promised king to come. Have you ever really stopped to think about…
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 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….
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