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 7/9/20-the fight persists
Being a foster parent is the hardest thing I have ever done. I’ve always had the belief that I could do anything short term. I slept on a hard floor in India for a whole summer when the temperatures were well over 110 F during the day. I once was lost in a village in…
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