I wanted to write a post about one of my biggest failures and learning moments while fostering. Not a very flattering post, but I want to always be real about the difficulties of this journey. It doesn’t help to pitch cupcakes and rainbows, when the reality is that most know that I can’t cook and we all know a storm… Read More
How are you doing this? Innocent question and I quickly laughed it off and made a funny comment about loads of caffeine and sleep deprivation. But later I thought about the question and I had nothing….good God, I didn’t know how we were doing this. Honestly, it kind of stopped me in my tracks, because 7 kids, full time job,… Read More
You sit across from me with a nervous smile. “We are thinking about foster care or adoption, what do you think?” You will be changed. You will lose control. You are going to stumble more times than you soar, and the bruises from the falls will not go away. It’s going to hurt you, break you and press you to… Read More
I never wanted children, in fact, I wasn’t going to ever get married. I wanted a career and I wanted financial success. So when I’m asked if I wanted a big family, I laugh because it’s so far from what I thought my life would look like. When someone asks if I always knew I’d adopt, I smile because “heck… Read More
Before we decided to do foster care or adoption, I read stuff. I researched and tried to find answers to questions I had because I truly wanted to understand adoption, foster care and the process. Part of my search for answers, was trying to find security in choosing to foster and adopt. I read lots of statistics and information, but… Read More
First Moments… I’m meeting her in 18 days. A 23-month old toddler, who has no idea that a mother is flying across the ocean. A little one who does not know the moments and months of anticipation and love from afar. A little girl who does not understand that I have looked at her picture every day and dreamed of… Read More